Shloka 6

Devanagari script

विशेषतस्तु कपिला देया तु जयपाठके । कांस्यदोहा रौप्यखुरा स्वर्णशृज्जी सभूषणा । पाण्डूनां परितोषार्थ दद्यादन्नं द्विजातये,महाभारतके वाचकको विशेषत: एक कपिला गौ देनी चाहिये। उसके साथ काँसेका एक दुग्धपात्र होना चाहिये। गायके खुरोंमें चाँदी और सींगोंमें सोना मढ़ा दे। उसे अन्य आभूषणोंसे भी विभूषित करे। पाण्डवोंके संतोषके लिये ब्राह्मणोंको अन्नदान करे

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

viśeṣatas tu kapilā deyā tu jayapāṭhake |

kāṃsyadohā raupyakhurā svarṇaśṛṅgī sabhūṣaṇā |

pāṇḍūnāṃ paritoṣārthaṃ dadyād annaṃ dvijātaye ||

Translation

Dijo Vaiśampāyana: En particular, debe darse al recitador del Jaya una vaca kapilā, de color bermejo. Ha de ir acompañada de un recipiente de bronce para el ordeño; sus pezuñas deben estar chapadas en plata y sus cuernos en oro, y ha de ser adornada además con otras alhajas. Para la satisfacción de los Pāṇḍavas, debe también darse alimento en caridad a los “dos veces nacidos” (brāhmaṇas) que lo reciban.

Word by Word

विशेषतःespecially

तुbut/indeed

कपिलाa tawny (cow)

देयाis to be given

तुindeed

जयपाठकेto the reciter of the Jaya (Mahabharata)

कांस्यदोहाa bronze milking-vessel

रौप्यखुराhaving silver hooves

स्वर्णशृङ्गीhaving golden horns

सभूषणाadorned with ornaments

पाण्डूनाम्of the Pandavas (sons of Pandu)

परितोषार्थम्for the sake of satisfaction

दद्यात्should give

अन्नम्food

द्विजातयेto a twice-born (brahmin etc.)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Jaya (Mahābhārata)

Jayapāṭhaka (reciter of Jaya)

Pāṇḍavas

Kapilā cow

Bronze milking vessel (kāṃsya-dohā)

Silver (raupya)

Gold (svarṇa)

Dvijāti (twice-born/Brahmins)

Food offering (anna-dāna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches dharmic generosity: honor sacred learning and its reciters through appropriate gifts, and extend compassion through food charity to qualified recipients. Material offerings are framed as supports for spiritual transmission and communal welfare.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes prescribed gifts connected with the recitation of the epic (Jaya): a specially adorned kapilā cow with a bronze milking vessel is to be given to the reciter, and food is to be donated to the twice-born, stated as being for the satisfaction of the Pāṇḍavas.