Mahabharata 7.66.4 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 66, Shloka 4

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

Devanagari script

विप्रेषु ददतश्चैव श्रद्धा भवतु नित्यश: । अनन्यासु सवर्णासु पुत्रजन्म च मे भवेत्‌

Transliteration

vipreṣu dadataś caiva śraddhā bhavatu nityaśaḥ | ananyāsu savarṇāsu putrajanma ca me bhavet |

Translation

Нарада сказал: «Да будет моя вера неизменной, день за днём, когда я подаю дары брахманам. И да родятся у меня сыновья лишь от жён моего же варны — верных и преданных».

Word by Word

• विप्रेषु: among/with respect to Brahmins
• विप्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• ददतः: of (one) giving
• ददतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Shatr (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• श्रद्धा: faith/devotion
• श्रद्धा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भवतु: let (it) be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (भवति)
• Form: Imperative (Vidhi-ling/Loṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नित्यशः: always/daily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यशः

• अनन्यासु: in/among those who are not of another (i.e., of one’s own)
• अनन्यासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्या
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• सवर्णासु: in/among same-varna (same caste/class)
• सवर्णासु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सवर्णा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Plural

• पुत्रजन्म: birth of a son/sons
• पुत्रजन्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-जन्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मे: of me / for me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भवेत्: may (it) be / may happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (भवति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-ling), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Brahmins (vipra)
• sons (putra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes steadfast śraddhā in dāna—especially giving to learned Brahmins—as a sustained ethical-religious practice, and it links household aspirations (offspring) to socially sanctioned, dharma-framed marital conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada voices (or reports) a boon-like wish: that the speaker’s daily faith in charitable giving remain constant, and that he obtain sons through wives of his own varṇa—placing personal prosperity and lineage within a dharmic program of disciplined living.