Shloka 9
Adhyaya 22 — Kuvalayashva’s Death through Daitya-Deceit and Madalasa’s Self-Immolation
यक्ष्ये यज्ञेन धर्माय कर्तव्याश्च तथेष्टयः ।
चितयस्तत्र कर्तव्या नास्ति मे दक्षिणा यतः ॥
yakṣye yajñena dharmāya kartavyāś ca tatheṣṭayaḥ | citayas tatra kartavyā nāsti me dakṣiṇā yataḥ
ಧರ್ಮಾರ್ಥವಾಗಿ ನಾನು ಯಜ್ಞವನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವೆನು; ವಿಧಿವಿಧಾನಗಳಂತೆ ಕರ್ಮಗಳು ನೆರವೇರಬೇಕು. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿತಯಗಳು/ವೇದಿ ರಚನೆಗಳು ಮಾಡಬೇಕು, ಆದರೆ ನನ್ನ ಬಳಿ ದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಇಲ್ಲ।
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FAQs
The verse shows how dharmic institutions (yajña, dakṣiṇā) can be invoked as pretexts for extraction. It implicitly advises rulers to support genuine rites while guarding against fraudulent claims.
Not pancalakṣaṇa-cosmology; it is dharma-in-narrative, illustrating ritual norms (dakṣiṇā) and their potential misuse.
A 'sacrifice for dharma' without inner purity becomes parody; the absence of dakṣiṇā hints at spiritual 'lack' being covered by outward ritualism.