Shloka 7

Dharma-vyādha on Parental Worship

Pitṛ-mātṛ-śuśrūṣā as Paramadaivata

Devanagari script

एवं महाबलो दैत्यो न श्रुतो मे तपोधन,तपस्याके धनी मुनीश्वर! ऐसा महाबली दैत्य तो मैंने कभी नहीं सुना था, अतः: भगवन्‌! मैं इसके विषयमें यथार्थ बातें जानना चाहता हूँ। महामते! आप यह सारी कथा विस्तारपूर्वक बताइये

Transliteration

evaṁ mahābalo daityo na śruto me tapodhana, tapasyāke dhanī munīśvara! etādṛśaḥ mahābalī daityo mayā kadācid api na śrutaḥ; ataḥ bhagavan, asya viṣaye yathārtha-vārtāḥ jñātum icchāmi. mahāmate, iyam sarvā kathā vistara-pūrvakaṁ vada.

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira dijo: «Oh tesoro de austeridad, jamás he oído hablar de un Daitya tan poderoso. Oh señor entre los sabios, tan rico en fuerza ascética: esto es asombroso. Por ello, venerable, deseo conocer la verdad acerca de él. Oh gran mente, narra toda esta historia con pleno detalle.»

Word by Word

• {'evaṁ': 'thus

• in this manner', 'mahā-balaḥ / mahābalī': 'very powerful

• of great strength', 'daityaḥ': 'a Daitya (demon of the Diti lineage)

• often an adversarial power in mythic narratives', 'na śrutaḥ me': 'not heard by me

• I have not heard', 'tapodhana': 'one whose wealth is tapas

• ‘treasure of austerity’ (epithet of a sage)', 'tapas / tapasyā': 'austerity

• spiritual heat/power', 'dhanī': 'possessing wealth

• here, rich in (tapas)', 'munīśvara': 'lord among sages', 'bhagavan': 'revered one

• venerable sir', 'viṣaya': 'matter

• subject', 'yathārtha': 'true

• as it really is', 'vārttāḥ': 'accounts

• tidings', 'jñātum icchāmi': 'I wish to know', 'mahāmate': 'O great-minded one', 'kathā': 'story

• narrative', 'vistara-pūrvakam': 'with elaboration

• in detail', 'vada': 'tell

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Daitya (unnamed)
• Munīśvara (unnamed sage addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a dharmic posture of truth-seeking: even when confronted with astonishing power, Yudhiṣṭhira does not jump to judgment but requests an accurate, detailed account from a qualified sage, honoring tapas and reliable testimony.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira, hearing of an extraordinarily powerful Daitya, expresses that he has never encountered such a report before and respectfully asks the sage (addressed as tapodhana and munīśvara) to narrate the full story in detail so he may understand the facts.