Shloka 7

Droṇānīka-praveśa: Arjuna’s respectful appeal to Droṇa and renewed advance toward Jayadratha (द्रोणानीकप्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

स दर्शपौर्णमासाभ्यां कालेष्वाग्रयणेन च । चातुर्मास्यैश्न विविधैर्यज्नैशज्ञावाप्तदक्षिणै:

Transliteration

sa darśapaurṇamāsābhyāṃ kāleṣv āgrayaṇena ca | cāturmāsyaiś ca vividhair yajñaiś ca jñāvāptadakṣiṇaiḥ ||

Translation

ນາຣະດະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ພຣະອົງໄດ້ປະກອບພິທີ ດັຣຊະ ແລະ ເປົາຣະນະມາສະ ຕາມເວລາອັນຄວນ ແລະຍັງໄດ້ຖວາຍອາກຣະຍະນະອີກດ້ວຍ. ນອກນັ້ນ ພຣະອົງໄດ້ປະກອບຍັດຍະ ຈາຕຸຣມາສະຍະ ຫຼາຍປະເພດ ຕາມລະດູການ ແລະສຳເລັດພິທີພ້ອມດ້ວຍທັກຊິນາ (ຄ່າບູຊາ) ຕາມທີ່ກຳນົດ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຊີວິດຂອງພຣະອົງຈຶ່ງເປັນຊີວິດແຫ່ງການຮັກສາໜ້າທີ່ຕາມພຣະເວດຢ່າງມີວິໄນ ເຄົາລົບລຳດັບ ເວລາ ແລະການໃຫ້ຢ່າງຖືກທຳນອງ»។

Word by Word

सःhe

दर्शपौर्णमासाभ्याम्by the new-moon and full-moon rites

कालेषुat the proper times

आग्रयणेनby the āgrayaṇa (first-fruits) rite

चand

चातुर्मास्यैःby the cāturmāsya rites

विविधैःvarious

यज्ञैःby sacrifices

अज्ञावाप्तदक्षिणैःwith fees obtained without asking

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Darśa sacrifice

Paurṇamāsa sacrifice

Āgrayaṇa rite

Cāturmāsya sacrifices

dakṣiṇā (sacrificial fee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma as disciplined, timely observance of prescribed duties—especially yajñas—together with rightful giving (dakṣiṇā). Ethical life is shown as alignment with sacred order (kāla, proper time) and responsibility toward the ritual community.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing a person’s exemplary conduct by listing the Vedic rites he regularly performed—Darśa-Paurṇamāsa, Āgrayaṇa, and Cāturmāsya—emphasizing that they were done at the correct times and completed with the proper sacrificial fees.