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Shloka 7

घृतं माल्यं च गन्धांश्व॒ क्षौमाणि च युधिष्ठिर: । चन्दनागुरुमुख्यानि तथा कालीयकान्यपि,कुन्तीनन्दन युधिष्ठिरने भीष्मजीका दाह-संस्कार करनेके लिये पहले ही घृत, माल्य, गन्ध, रेशमी वस्त्र, चन्दन, अगुरु, काला चन्दन, श्रेष्ठ पुरुषके धारण करनेयोग्य मालाएँ तथा नाना प्रकारके रत्न भेज दिये थे

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

ghṛtaṁ mālyaṁ ca gandhāṁś ca kṣaumāṇi ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |

candanāgurumukhyāni tathā kālīyakāny api ||

കുന്തീനന്ദനനായ യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ ഭീഷ്മന്റെ ദാഹസംസ്കാരത്തിനായി മുൻകൂട്ടി തന്നെ നെയ്യ്, മാലകൾ, സുഗന്ധദ്രവ്യങ്ങൾ, ക്ഷൗമവസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ, ചന്ദനം, അഗരു, കൂടാതെ കാളീയകം (കറുത്ത ചന്ദനലേപം) എന്നിവയും അയച്ചിരുന്നു.

घृतम्ghee
घृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootघृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
माल्यम्garland(s)
माल्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमाल्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
गन्धान्fragrances, perfumes
गन्धान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगन्ध
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
क्षौमाणिlinen garments (fine cloths)
क्षौमाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षौम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चन्दनागुरुमुख्यानिchiefly sandalwood and agaru (aloeswood), etc.
चन्दनागुरुमुख्यानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचन्दन-अगुरु-मुख्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
तथाlikewise, also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
कालीयकानिblack sandal/paste (kālīyaka)
कालीयकानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकालीयक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
K
Kuntī
G
ghṛta (ghee)
M
mālya (garlands)
G
gandha (perfumes/fragrances)
K
kṣauma (linen cloths)
C
candana (sandalwood)
A
aguru (agarwood)
K
kālīyaka (black sandal/paste)

Educational Q&A

Dharma includes honoring elders and teachers through proper rites and respectful remembrance. Even after conflict, one must uphold gratitude, decorum, and ritual responsibility toward those who embodied duty.

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira had already arranged and sent essential ritual items—ghee, garlands, fragrances, cloth, and precious aromatics like sandalwood and agaru (including kālīyaka)—as preparations for Bhīṣma’s cremation/funeral observances.