Shloka 185

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

द्रोणश्न शतश्‌ड्भश्न चक्रद्वारश्न पर्वत: । मम सत्रेषु पूर्वेषां चिता मघवता सह

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | droṇaś ca śataśṛṅgaś ca cakradvāraś ca parvataḥ | mama satreṣu pūrveṣāṃ citā maghavatā saha |

Translation

ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນການບູຊາຍັນ (satra) ອັນເກົ່າແກ່ຂອງບັນພະບຸລຸດຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ ໂດຍການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອຂອງ ມະຄະວັດ (Maghavat) ຄື ພຣະອິນທຣາ ພູເຂົາທີ່ຊື່ ໂດຣະນະ (Droṇa), ສະຕະສຣິງກະ (Śataśṛṅga) ແລະ ຈັກກະດວາຣະ (Cakradvāra) ຖືກເລືອກໃຫ້ເປັນສ່ວນໃນການກໍ່ສ້າງແທ່ນບູຊາ ແທນອິດທົ່ວໄປ. ຄໍານີ້ຊູ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນຄວາມອະລັງການຂອງພິທີໃນອະດີດ ແລະຄວາມເຊື່ອວ່າ ເມື່ອການບູຊາຖືກປະຕິບັດຕາມລະບຽບແຫ່ງທຳມະ ແມ່ນແຕ່ເທວະດາກໍຮ່ວມຊ່ວຍ ແລະທໍາມະຊາດເອງກໍກາຍເປັນເຄື່ອງມືຂອງທຳມະ»

Word by Word

• द्रोणः: Drona (name of a mountain)
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शतशृङ्गः: Shatashringa (the 'hundred-peaked' one; name of a mountain)
• शतशृङ्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतशृङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चक्रद्वारः: Chakradvāra (name of a mountain; 'wheel-gate')
• चक्रद्वारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रद्वार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सत्रेषु: in the sattra-sacrifices
• सत्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• पूर्वेषाम्: of the former/earlier (ancestors)
• पूर्वेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• चिताः: altar-firepiles / piled altars
• चिताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• मघवता: by Maghavat (Indra)
• मघवता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह
• Form: true

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Indra (Maghavat)
• Droṇa mountain
• Śataśṛṅga mountain
• Cakradvāra mountain
• ancestral satras (sacrificial sessions)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.