Shloka 65
सौवर्ण कमलाक्षस्य तारकाक्षस्य राजतम् | तृतीयं तु पुरं तेषां विद्युम्मालिन आयसम्,उनमेंसे सोनेका नगर कमलाक्षके, चाँदीका तारकाक्षके तथा तीसरा लोहेका बना हुआ नगर विद्युन्मालीके अधिकारमें था
sauvarṇaṃ kamalākṣasya tārakākṣasya rājatam | tṛtīyaṃ tu puraṃ teṣāṃ vidyunmālina āyasam ||
Vyāsa sprach: Von jenen drei Festungen gehörte die goldene Stadt Kamalākṣa, die silberne Tārakākṣa, und die dritte—aus Eisen erbaut—stand unter der Herrschaft Vidyunmālins.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Material grandeur and fortified power (gold, silver, iron cities) can symbolize dominance and pride, but they do not stand outside moral causality; worldly strength remains subject to a higher order where misuse of power leads to consequences.
Vyāsa describes the three distinct cities/strongholds and assigns each to its ruler: Kamalākṣa rules the golden city, Tārakākṣa the silver city, and Vidyunmālin the iron city—setting up the background for their collective might and the events that follow.