Shloka 17
अर्जुनस्य लक्ष्यवेधः
Arjuna’s Hitting of the Target at the Svayaṃvara
निखातं यच्च वै वित्तं केनचिद् भृगुवेश्मनि । वैरायैव तदा न्यस्तं क्षत्रियान् कोपयिष्णुभि:
nikhātaṃ yac ca vai vittaṃ kenacid bhṛguveśmani | vairāyaiva tadā nyastaṃ kṣatriyān kopayiṣṇubhiḥ ||
কোনো ভৃগুবংশীয়ৰ ঘৰত যি ধন পুতি থোৱা হৈছিল, সেয়াও সেই সময়ত কেৱল বৈৰ বঢ়াবলৈহে থোৱা হৈছিল—ক্ষত্ৰিয়সকলক ক্ৰুদ্ধ কৰিব বিচৰা লোকসকলৰ দ্বাৰা।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights adharma through deliberate provocation: planting wealth as false evidence to incite anger shows how manipulation and deceit can manufacture hostility and drive communities toward violence.
Vasiṣṭha explains that the buried treasure found in a Bhṛgu’s house was intentionally placed there to intensify enmity, with the aim of provoking the Kṣatriyas into anger against the Bhṛgus.