Shloka 27
मरुत्तोपाख्यान-प्रस्तावः — Genealogy to Marutta and the Logistics of Royal Sacrifice
चक्कुः सुवर्णकर्तारो येषां संख्या न विद्यते । तस्यैव च समीपे तु यज्ञवाटो बभूव ह
cakṣuḥ suvarṇakartāro yeṣāṃ saṅkhyā na vidyate | tasyaiva ca samīpe tu yajñavāṭo babhūva ha ||
ব্যাস বললেন—স্বর্ণকারদের সংখ্যা এতই ছিল যে তা গণনা করা যেত না। সেই স্বর্ণময় পর্বতের নিকটেই যজ্ঞ-পরিসর স্থাপিত হল, এবং সেখানেই যজ্ঞকর্ম প্রবর্তিত হল।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that immense resources and labor gain ethical meaning when directed toward dharma—here, the disciplined performance of a Vedic rite. Magnitude (countless goldsmiths, abundant gold) is not praised as luxury, but as properly organized support for a sanctioned public act.
Vyāsa describes the establishment of a yajña-enclosure near a golden mountain and notes that innumerable gold artisans were engaged, indicating the grand scale of the Aśvamedha preparations and the commencement of ritual activity.