Mahabharata 7.70.19 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 70, Shloka 19

द्रोण–धृष्टद्युम्नयुद्धवर्णनम्

Drona–Dhrishtadyumna Battle Description

Devanagari script

निर्दस्युं पृथिवीं कृत्वा शिष्टेष्टजनसंकुलाम्‌ | कश्यपाय ददौ रामो हयमेथे महामखे

Transliteration

nirdasyuṁ pṛthivīṁ kṛtvā śiṣṭeṣṭa-jana-saṅkulām | kaśyapāya dadau rāmo hayametthe mahāmakhe ||

Translation

Nārada berkata: “Setelah menjadikan bumi bebas daripada pencuri dan perompak, serta dipenuhi orang-orang yang saleh dan layak, Rāma (Paraśurāma) mengurniakannya kepada Kaśyapa dalam upacara besar Aśvamedha.”

Word by Word

• निर्दस्युम्: free from robbers/bandits
• निर्दस्युम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्दस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active, Non-finite

• शिष्टेष्टजनसंकुलाम्: crowded with virtuous and dear people
• शिष्टेष्टजनसंकुलाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिष्ट + इष्ट + जन + संकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कश्यपाय: to Kaśyapa
• कश्यपाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• ददौ: gave
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Active

• रामः: Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• रामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हयमेथे: in the Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
• हयमेथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हयमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महामखे: in the great sacrifice
• महामखे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Kaśyapa
• Pṛthivī (the earth/realm)
• Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical ideal that power and territory are legitimate only when aligned with dharma: the land should be protected from lawlessness and governed for the flourishing of the righteous; moreover, even after establishing order, one may relinquish possession through a sanctioned act of dāna within yajña.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada recounts that Paraśurāma, after making the earth free of marauders and populated by righteous people, formally donates the earth to the sage Kaśyapa during a great Aśvamedha sacrifice.