Shloka 7

नारदकथितं माधव्याः तपश्चर्या–ययातेः स्वर्गविचारः | Nārada on Mādhavī’s Asceticism and the Scrutiny of Yayāti in Heaven

Devanagari script

इष्ट्वा ते पुण्डरीकेण दत्ता राज्ञा द्विजातिषु । तेभ्योद्े द्वे शते क्रीत्वा प्राप्ते तैः पार्थिवैसतदा,'राजाने पुण्डरीक नामक यज्ञ करके वे सभी घोड़े ब्राह्मणोंको दक्षिणारूपमें बाँट दिये। तदनन्तर राजाओंने उनसे दो-दो सौ घोड़े खरीदकर अपने पास रख लिये

Transliteration

iṣṭvā te puṇḍarīkeṇa dattā rājñā dvijātiṣu | tebhyo dve śate krītvā prāpte taiḥ pārthivais tadā ||

Translation

நாரதர் கூறினார்—அரசன் புண்டரீக யாகத்தை நடத்தி, அந்தக் குதிரைகளை இருபிறப்பினரான பிராமணர்களுக்கு தட்சிணையாக வழங்கினான். பின்னர் மற்ற அரசர்கள் அந்தப் பிராமணர்களிடமிருந்து தலா இருநூறு குதிரைகள் வாங்கி பெற்றனர்.

Word by Word

इष्ट्वाhaving sacrificed/performed (a sacrifice)

तेto you

पुण्डरीकेणby/through (king) Puṇḍarīka

दत्ताःgiven

राज्ञाby the king

द्विजातिषुamong/to the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)

तेभ्यःfrom them

द्वेtwo

शतेhundreds (i.e., two hundred)

क्रीत्वाhaving bought

प्राप्तेwhen (the time) had come / upon arrival

तैःby them

पार्थिवैःby the kings

तदाthen

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

King Puṇḍarīka

dvijāti (Brahmins)

pārthiva (kings)

horses

yajña (sacrifice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores dharmic kingship expressed through yajña and dāna: wealth is offered to the Brahmins as dakṣiṇā, yet it may legitimately circulate back into worldly use through fair purchase—showing a balance between religious merit and practical governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada narrates that King Puṇḍarīka, after completing a sacrifice, gifted horses to Brahmins; later, other kings bought two hundred horses each from those Brahmins and thereby acquired them.