Shloka 14

Devanagari script

त॑ धनौघमपर्यन्तं रत्नसागरमक्षयम्‌ | नादयन्‌ रथघोषेण प्रविवेश पुरोत्तमम्‌,उस धनराशिकी कहीं सीमा नहीं थी, मानो रत्नोंका अक्षय महासागर हो। उसे लेकर रथोंकी आवाजसे समूची दिशाओंको प्रतिध्वनित करते हुए वे उत्तम नगर इन्द्रप्रस्थमें प्रविष्ट हुए

Transliteration

taṁ dhanaugham aparyantaṁ ratnasāgaram akṣayam | nādayan rathaghoṣeṇa praviveśa purottamam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Jener aufgehäufte Reichtum kannte kein Ende — wie ein unerschöpfliches Meer von Juwelen. Ihn mit sich führend und die Himmelsrichtungen vom Donner der Wagen widerhallen lassend, zogen sie in die vornehmste Stadt ein: Indraprastha.“

Word by Word

तत्that

धनौघम्mass/stream of wealth

अपर्यन्तम्endless, without limit

रत्नसागरम्ocean of jewels

अक्षयम्inexhaustible

नादयन्sounding, causing to resound

रथघोषेणwith the noise of chariots

प्रविवेशentered

पुरोत्तमम्the best city

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Indraprastha

dhanaugha (heap of wealth/treasure)

ratna (jewels)

ratha (chariots)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how immense wealth and its public display function as instruments of royal authority and reputation. Ethically, it invites reflection on prosperity as a responsibility of governance—abundance can uphold order when rightly used, but spectacle can also intensify rivalry and attachment.

What is happening in the narrative?

A vast, seemingly limitless treasure—likened to an inexhaustible ocean of jewels—is being brought into the foremost city, Indraprastha. The arrival is dramatic, with the rumbling noise of chariots echoing through all directions as they enter the city.