Shloka 7

Devanagari script

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

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

ghṛtaṁ mālyaṁ ca gandhāṁś ca kṣaumāṇi ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |

candanāgurumukhyāni tathā kālīyakāny api ||

Translation

กุันตีนন্দนยุธิษฐิระได้ส่งไว้ล่วงหน้าเพื่อพิธีฌาปนกิจของภีษมะ คือ เนยใส พวงมาลัย เครื่องหอม ผ้าละเอียด ตลอดจนจันทน์และอครูเป็นต้น รวมทั้งกาลียกะ (จันทน์ดำ/เครื่องลูบสีดำ) ด้วย

Word by Word

घृतम्ghee

माल्यम्garland(s)

चand

गन्धान्fragrances, perfumes

चand

क्षौमाणिlinen garments (fine cloths)

चand

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

चन्दनागुरुमुख्यानिchiefly sandalwood and agaru (aloeswood), etc.

तथाlikewise, also

कालीयकानिblack sandal/paste (kālīyaka)

अपिalso, even

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Kuntī

ghṛta (ghee)

mālya (garlands)

gandha (perfumes/fragrances)

kṣauma (linen cloths)

candana (sandalwood)

aguru (agarwood)

kālīyaka (black sandal/paste)

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?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.