Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तान्‌ धौम्य: प्रतिजग्राह सर्ववेदविदां वर: । वन्येन फलमूलेन पौरोहित्येन चैव ह,सम्पूर्ण वेदोंके विद्वानोंमें श्रेष्ठ धौम्यने जंगली फल-मूल अर्पण करके तथा पुरोहितीके लिये स्वीकृति देकर उन सबका सत्कार किया

Transliteration

tān dhaumyaḥ pratijagrāha sarvavedavidāṃ varaḥ | vanyena phalamūlena paurohityena caiva ha ||

Translation

सम्पूर्ण वेदों के ज्ञाताओं में श्रेष्ठ धौम्य ने वन्य फल-मूल अर्पित करके और पौरोहित्य स्वीकार करके उनका यथोचित सत्कार किया।

Word by Word

तान्them

धौम्यःDhaumya

प्रतिजग्राहreceived, accepted

सर्ववेदविदाम्of all knowers of the Vedas

वरःthe best, excellent

वन्येनwith wild (forest-gathered)

फलमूलेनwith fruits and roots

पौरोहित्येनwith priestly service / by accepting priesthood

चand

एवindeed, just

हindeed (particle)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Dhaumya

phala (fruits)

mūla (roots)

Veda (the Vedas)

paurohitya (priestly office)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True hospitality and dharma do not depend on luxury: even simple forest offerings become honorable when given with respect, and rightful duties—such as accepting priestly responsibility—are fulfilled with integrity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhaumya welcomes a group (previously mentioned in context), honors them with available forest food (fruits and roots), and formally accepts the role of their purohita, thereby completing their reception both materially and ritually.