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Shloka 185

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

द्रोणश्न शतश्‌ड्भश्न चक्रद्वारश्न पर्वत: । मम सत्रेषु पूर्वेषां चिता मघवता सह

bhīṣma uvāca | droṇaś ca śataśṛṅgaś ca cakradvāraś ca parvataḥ | mama satreṣu pūrveṣāṃ citā maghavatā saha |

Bhīṣma nói: “Trong những kỳ tế lễ xưa của tổ tiên ta, với sự trợ giúp của Maghavat (Indra), các ngọn núi mang tên Droṇa, Śataśṛṅga và Cakradvāra đã được chọn để dùng vào việc dựng đàn tế, thay cho gạch đá thường. Lời ấy gợi lại sự huy hoàng của nghi lễ thuở trước và niềm tin rằng khi tế tự được cử hành đúng pháp, ngay cả chư thiên cũng hiệp lực, và thiên nhiên tự thân trở thành khí cụ của dharma.”

द्रोणःDrona (name of a mountain)
द्रोणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शतशृङ्गःShatashringa (the 'hundred-peaked' one; name of a mountain)
शतशृङ्गः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशतशृङ्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चक्रद्वारःChakradvāra (name of a mountain; 'wheel-gate')
चक्रद्वारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचक्रद्वार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पर्वताःmountains
पर्वताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ममof me / my
मम:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
सत्रेषुin the sattra-sacrifices
सत्रेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
पूर्वेषाम्of the former/earlier (ancestors)
पूर्वेषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
चिताःaltar-firepiles / piled altars
चिताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचिता
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
मघवताby Maghavat (Indra)
मघवता:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमघवत्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
सहtogether with
सह:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
Formtrue

भीष्य उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
I
Indra (Maghavat)
D
Droṇa mountain
Ś
Śataśṛṅga mountain
C
Cakradvāra mountain
A
ancestral satras (sacrificial sessions)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the prestige of properly conducted ancestral Vedic rites: when dharma is upheld through correct sacrificial practice, divine powers (here Indra) are portrayed as cooperating, and extraordinary resources are made available for the ritual’s completion.

Bhīṣma recalls a tradition from his forefathers’ sacrificial sessions in which, with Indra’s help, specific mountains—Droṇa, Śataśṛṅga, and Cakradvāra—were used as components of the altar structure in place of ordinary bricks, highlighting the exceptional scale and sanctity of those rites.