Shloka 9
छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear
ततो मध्याद्वमारूढे ज्येष्ठामूले दिवाकरे
tato madhyād vamarūḍhe jyeṣṭhāmūle divākare | yāvad etān punaḥ subhru kṣipram iti janādhipa ||
Kemudian, ketika matahari pada bulan Jyeṣṭha telah naik ke tengah hari, Jamadagni berkata kepada Renuka: “Wahai yang beralis elok, bermata lebar! Lekaslah pergi dan bawakan kembali anak-anak panah ini yang telah kulepaskan dari busurku, agar dapat kupasang lagi pada busur dan kulepaskan kembali.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how ordinary household actions—an elder’s instruction and a spouse’s compliance—sit within dharma. It subtly points to the importance (and potential danger) of unquestioning obedience, preparing the reader for later moral conflicts in the Jamadagni–Renuka narrative.
At midday in the hot season of Jyeshtha, Jamadagni is engaged in repeatedly shooting arrows as a pastime. He tells Renuka to quickly retrieve the arrows he has shot so he can place them again on the bow and continue.