Shloka 185
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
द्रोणश्न शतश्ड्भश्न चक्रद्वारश्न पर्वत: । मम सत्रेषु पूर्वेषां चिता मघवता सह,मेरे पूर्वजोंके यज्ञोंमें देवराज इन्द्रके सहयोगसे द्रोण, शतशृंग और चक्रद्वधार नामक पर्वत यज्ञवेदीमें ईंटोंकी जगह चुने गये थे
bhīṣma uvāca | droṇaś ca śataśṛṅgaś ca cakradvāraś ca parvataḥ | mama satreṣu pūrveṣāṃ citā maghavatā saha |
ビーシュマは言った。「我が祖先の古き供犠の会（サトラ）において、マガヴァット（インドラ）の助けを得て、ドローナ、シャタシュリンガ、チャクラドヴァーラと名づけられた山々が、祭壇造営のために、常の煉瓦に代わるものとして選ばれた。これは往古の祭儀の壮麗さを呼び起こし、供犠がダルマの正しい次第に従って行われるとき、神々さえ協力し、自然そのものがダルマの器となるという信を示す。」
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the prestige of properly conducted ancestral Vedic rites: when dharma is upheld through correct sacrificial practice, divine powers (here Indra) are portrayed as cooperating, and extraordinary resources are made available for the ritual’s completion.
Bhīṣma recalls a tradition from his forefathers’ sacrificial sessions in which, with Indra’s help, specific mountains—Droṇa, Śataśṛṅga, and Cakradvāra—were used as components of the altar structure in place of ordinary bricks, highlighting the exceptional scale and sanctity of those rites.