Shloka 44
अर्जुनदुःखहेतुप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the cause of Arjuna’s recurring hardship
Book 14, Chapter 89
वर्षित्वा धनधाराभि: कामै रत्नै रसैस्तथा । विपाप्मा भरतश्रेष्ठ: कृतार्थ: प्राविशत् पुरम्
varṣitvā dhanadhārābhiḥ kāmai ratnai rasais tathā | vipāpmā bharataśreṣṭhaḥ kṛtārthaḥ prāviśat puram ||
বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন— ধনের ধারায় বর্ষণ করে, তদ্রূপ কাম্য ভোগ্যবস্তু, রত্ন ও রসেরও বর্ষণ করে, পাপশূন্য ভরতশ্রেষ্ঠ যুধিষ্ঠির কৃতার্থ হয়ে নিজ নগরে প্রবেশ করলেন।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous kingship expresses itself through dharmic distribution of prosperity: the successful completion of a great rite is validated by generosity and public welfare, and the ruler’s moral purity (vipāpmā) is linked to selfless fulfillment of duty rather than private enjoyment.
After the sacrificial proceedings, Yudhiṣṭhira is described as causing abundant gifts—wealth, desired goods, jewels, and delicacies—to be bestowed like a ‘rain.’ Having thus achieved his aim and remaining sinless, he returns and enters his capital.