Shloka 73
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
यस्येह यजमानस्य यज्ञे यज्ञे पुरोहित: । सहस्रं वारणान् हैमान् दक्षिणामत्यकालयत्,“यजमान दिलीपके प्रत्येक यज्ञमें पुरोहितजी सोनेके बने हुए एक हजार हाथी दक्षिणारूपमें पाकर उन्हें अपने घर ले जाते थे
yasyeha yajamānasya yajñe yajñe purohitaḥ | sahasraṁ vāraṇān haimān dakṣiṇām atyakalayat ||
وایو نے کہا— اُس یجمان کے ہر ہر یَجْن میں پُروہِت کو دَکْشِنا کے طور پر ایک ہزار سونے کے ہاتھی ملتے تھے، اور وہ انہیں اپنے گھر لے جاتا تھا۔
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores dāna-dharma within ritual life: a yajamāna should honor sacred service by giving appropriate—and here exceptionally abundant—dakṣiṇā, reflecting respect for dharma, gratitude, and the proper maintenance of religious and social order.
Vāyu describes a sacrificer whose priest, at every sacrifice, receives a thousand golden elephants as dakṣiṇā and takes them home—an illustrative example of extraordinary generosity and ritual patronage.