Shloka 7

Droṇa’s Ācārya-Dakṣiṇā: Capture of Drupada and Division of Pāñcāla (द्रोण-आचार्यदक्षिणा)

Devanagari script

बहुमायासमाकीर्णो नानादोषसमाकुल: । लुप्तधर्मक्रियाचारो घोर: कालो भविष्यति

Transliteration

bahumāyāsamākīrṇo nānādoṣasamākulaḥ | luptadharmakriyācāro ghoraḥ kālo bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。「欺きと幻が四方に満ち、さまざまな過失が群がる、恐るべき時代が来る。ダルマ（dharma）の実践—祭儀、義務、正しい行いと節度—は衰え、世は道徳の拠り所を失うであろう。」

Word by Word

• बहु: many/much
• बहु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• माया: by/with deceits, illusions
• माया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• समाकीर्णः: filled, pervaded
• समाकीर्णः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-कीर्ण (√कॄ/कीर्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाना: various
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना
• Form: true

• दोष: by/with faults, vices
• दोष: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• समाकुलः: confused, disturbed, full (of)
• समाकुलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-कुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लुप्त: lost, vanished
• लुप्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लुप्त (√लुप्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्म: of dharma (righteousness)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• क्रिया: of rites/actions
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रिया
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• आचारः: conduct, practice
• आचारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घोरः: terrible, dreadful
• घोरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कालः: time, age
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kāla (Time/Age)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse warns that when deception (māyā) and moral faults (doṣa) dominate, dharma is not merely debated but practically lost: ritual responsibility (kriyā) and ethical conduct (ācāra) collapse together. It frames ethical vigilance as necessary because social order depends on lived practice, not slogans.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana delivers a prophetic description of a coming age characterized by widespread trickery and the erosion of dharmic life. The statement functions as a moral forecast within the epic’s larger reflection on how Time (kāla) brings degeneration in human conduct.