Shloka 6
धनंजयस्य आश्वासनम्
Dhanaṃjaya’s Reassurance and the Opening Engagement
शतं शतसहस्राणां यत्र स्थूणा हिरण्मयी । मणिरत्नमयी चान्या प्रासादं तदधारयत्
śataṁ śata-sahasrāṇāṁ yatra sthūṇā hiraṇmayī | maṇi-ratna-mayī cānyā prāsādaṁ tad adhārayat ||
Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Dort stand ein prächtiger Palast, getragen von unzähligen Säulen—einige aus Gold gefertigt, andere mit Edelsteinen und kostbaren Juwelen eingelegt—sodass das ganze Bauwerk von Reichtum und göttlicher Kunstfertigkeit gestützt zu sein schien und die Größe von Indras himmlischem Bereich heraufbeschwor.“
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse primarily serves descriptive (kāvya-like) narration rather than direct moral instruction; it highlights how worldly and even celestial magnificence is constructed from material splendour, implicitly contrasting external grandeur with the inner virtues that the epic elsewhere upholds as true dharma.
Vaiśampāyana describes a magnificent palace or celestial-like structure, emphasizing its innumerable supporting pillars—some golden and others made of gems and precious stones—creating an atmosphere of extraordinary, Indra-like opulence.