Shloka 7
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 60: Arjuna’s return, auspicious omens, and mission delegation
तां तु गाथां जगुः प्रीता गन्धर्वा: सूर्यवर्चस: । पितृदेवमनुष्याणां शृण्वतां वल्गुवादिन:,सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी और मधुरभाषी गन्धर्वोने प्रसन्न होकर देवताओं, पितरों और मनुष्योंके सुनते हुए यह गाथा गायी थी
tāṃ tu gāthāṃ jaguḥ prītā gandharvāḥ sūryavarcasaḥ | pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ valguvādinaḥ ||
सूर्य के समान तेजस्वी और मधुर वाणी वाले गन्धर्व प्रसन्न होकर पितरों, देवताओं और मनुष्यों के सुनते हुए उसी गाथा का गान करने लगे।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the authority and ethical resonance of a message when it is sung with purity and beauty before a universal audience—gods, ancestors, and humans—implying that true praise or instruction in dharma is meant to be heard and affirmed across all realms.
Nārada reports that radiant, sweet-voiced Gandharvas, pleased in spirit, sing a particular gāthā while the Pitṛs, the gods, and humans listen—introducing or validating the forthcoming content of that song as noteworthy and widely witnessed.