Shloka 34

Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)

Devanagari script

ततो राजा जातरूपस्य राशीन्‌ पदे पदे कारयामास हृष्ट: । द्विजातिभ्यो विसृजन्‌ भूरि वित्तं रराज वित्तेश इवारिहन्ता

Transliteration

tato rājā jātarūpasya rāśīn pade pade kārayāmāsa hṛṣṭaḥ | dvijātibhyo visṛjan bhūri vittaṃ rarāja vitteśa ivārihantā ||

Translation

ثم إن الملك، قاهرَ الأعداء، وقد امتلأ سرورًا، أمر بأن تُوضَع أكوامُ الذهب عند كل خطوة. وكان يفيض على ذوي الولادتين (البراهمة) ثراءً غزيرًا عطايا، فتلألأ بهاؤه ككوبيرا (Kubera) ربّ الكنوز.

Word by Word

• {'tataḥ': 'then, thereafter', 'rājā': 'king', 'jātarūpa': "gold (lit. 'having a beautiful form')", 'rāśi': 'heap, pile, mass', 'pade pade': 'at every step

• in every place', 'kārayāmāsa': 'caused to be made/done

• had (something) arranged', 'hṛṣṭaḥ': 'joyful, delighted', 'dvijātibhyaḥ': 'to the twice-born

• Brahmins (and, by extension, the higher varṇas in ritual context)', 'visṛjan': 'distributing, bestowing, giving forth', 'bhūri': 'abundant, plentiful', 'vittam': 'wealth, riches', 'rarāja': 'shone, appeared splendid', 'vitteśaḥ': 'lord of wealth (Kubera)', 'iva': 'like, as if', 'arihantā': 'slayer of enemies'}

Speaker

व्याय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• rājā (King Marutta, implied by context)
• dvijāti (Brahmins/twice-born)
• jātarūpa (gold)
• Kubera (Vitteśa, lord of wealth)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dāna as a central royal duty: wealth gains ethical meaning when used to support the learned and uphold ritual-social order. The king’s splendor is portrayed as arising not merely from possession but from righteous distribution.

What is happening in the narrative?

The king, overjoyed, arranges piles of gold at every step and gives abundant gifts to Brahmins. His magnificence is compared to Kubera, emphasizing extraordinary prosperity expressed through public generosity.