Shloka 7

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Public Request for Consent to Enter the Forest (अनुज्ञा-प्रार्थना)

Devanagari script

स श्राद्धयज्ञों ववृते बहुशो धनदक्षिण: | अनेकधनरत्नौघो युधिछिरमते तदा,वह श्राद्धयज्ञ युधिष्ठिरकी सम्मतिके अनुसार बहुत-से धनकी दक्षिणासे सुशोभित हुआ। उसमें नाना प्रकारके धन और रत्नोंकी राशियाँ लुटायी गयीं

Transliteration

sa śrāddhayajño vavṛte bahuśo dhanadakṣiṇaḥ | anekadhana-ratnaugho yudhiṣṭhiramate tadā ||

Translation

அந்த சிராத்த யாகம் பலமுறை நடத்தப்பட்டு, செல்வத் தட்சிணைகளால் அலங்கரிக்கப்பட்டது. அக்காலத்தில் யுதிஷ்டிரரின் எண்ணத்தின்படி பலவகைச் செல்வக் குவியல்களும் ரத்தினப் பெருக்குகளும் தாராளமாகப் பகிரப்பட்டன।

Word by Word

सःhe (Yudhiṣṭhira)

श्राद्धयज्ञान्Śrāddha-sacrifices (funeral/ancestral rites)

ववृतेchose / undertook

बहुशःmany times / repeatedly

धनदक्षिणाःhaving wealth as the sacrificial fee (rich in gifts)

अनेकधनरत्नौघःa flood/heap of many kinds of wealth and jewels

युधिष्ठिरमतेin accordance with Yudhiṣṭhira’s opinion/decision

तदाthen

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

śrāddha-yajña

dakṣiṇā (ritual gifts/fees)

wealth (dhana)

jewels (ratna)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic kingship expressed through śrāddha and dāna: honoring the departed through proper rites and supporting ritual specialists and dependents through generous dakṣiṇā, turning grief and obligation into ethically ordered giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

A śrāddha-yajña is being conducted repeatedly, and—following Yudhiṣṭhira’s approval—large amounts of wealth and jewels are distributed as dakṣiṇā, emphasizing the scale and sincerity of the rite.