Shloka 9

छत्रोपानहदानफलप्रशंसा — Praise of the Merit of Donating Umbrella and Footwear

Devanagari script

ततो मध्याद्वमारूढे ज्येष्ठामूले दिवाकरे

Transliteration

tato madhyād vamarūḍhe jyeṣṭhāmūle divākare | yāvad etān punaḥ subhru kṣipram iti janādhipa ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: “Rồi khi mặt trời của tháng Jyeṣṭha đã lên đến chính ngọ, Jamadagni—vẫn tiếp tục cuộc vui bắn tên—lại bảo Reṇukā: ‘Hỡi người có mày đẹp, đôi mắt rộng, hãy mau đi nhặt về những mũi tên đã rời khỏi cung ta, để ta lại đặt chúng lên cung và bắn thêm lần nữa.’”

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• मध्यात्: from the middle
• मध्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अवमारूढे: when (it) had descended/come down
• अवमारूढे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव-आ-रुह्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ज्येष्ठामूले: at the beginning of (the month) Jyeṣṭha
• ज्येष्ठामूले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ-मूल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दिवाकरे: when the sun (was)
• दिवाकरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यावत्: until/as long as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्

• एतान्: these (ones)
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• सुभ्रु: O fair-browed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभ्रू
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• क्षिपम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्रम्

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• जनाधिप: O lord of people (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Jamadagni
• Renuka
• Jyeshtha (month/season)
• Sun (Divakara)
• Bow (dhanus)
• Arrows (bāṇāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how ordinary household actions—an elder’s instruction and a spouse’s compliance—sit within dharma. It subtly points to the importance (and potential danger) of unquestioning obedience, preparing the reader for later moral conflicts in the Jamadagni–Renuka narrative.

What is happening in the narrative?

At midday in the hot season of Jyeshtha, Jamadagni is engaged in repeatedly shooting arrows as a pastime. He tells Renuka to quickly retrieve the arrows he has shot so he can place them again on the bow and continue.