Shloka 8
उलूकदूतवाक्यम् / Ulūka’s Message to the Pāṇḍavas
निर्जित्य नरक॑ भौममाह्त्य मणिकुण्डले । षोडश स्त्रीसहसत्राणि रत्नानि विविधानि च
nirjitya narakaṁ bhaumam āhṛtya maṇikuṇḍale | ṣoḍaśa strīsahasrāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: Nachdem er Naraka, den Sohn der Bhūmi, besiegt und die juwelenbesetzten Ohrringe an sich gebracht hatte, gewann er auch sechzehntausend Frauen zurück und viele Arten kostbarer Edelsteine.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames righteous power as the subduing of a wrongdoer and the restoration of what was unjustly taken—especially the freeing of captives and the recovery of stolen valuables—reflecting a ruler’s dharmic responsibility.
Vaiśampāyana recounts that Naraka (Bhauma) was defeated; prized ornaments (jeweled earrings) and diverse treasures were retrieved, and sixteen thousand women who had been held were recovered.