Shloka 73
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
यस्येह यजमानस्य यज्ञे यज्ञे पुरोहित: । सहस्रं वारणान् हैमान् दक्षिणामत्यकालयत्,“यजमान दिलीपके प्रत्येक यज्ञमें पुरोहितजी सोनेके बने हुए एक हजार हाथी दक्षिणारूपमें पाकर उन्हें अपने घर ले जाते थे
yasyeha yajamānasya yajñe yajñe purohitaḥ | sahasraṁ vāraṇān haimān dakṣiṇām atyakalayat ||
Vāyu said: “For that patron of sacrifices, at each and every rite the officiating priest received as dakṣiṇā a thousand golden elephants, and carried them away to his own home.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores dāna-dharma within ritual life: a yajamāna should honor sacred service by giving appropriate—and here exceptionally abundant—dakṣiṇā, reflecting respect for dharma, gratitude, and the proper maintenance of religious and social order.
Vāyu describes a sacrificer whose priest, at every sacrifice, receives a thousand golden elephants as dakṣiṇā and takes them home—an illustrative example of extraordinary generosity and ritual patronage.