Shloka 32
Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
यानि रत्नानि तद्गेहे पाताले तानि नः कुतः ।
वाहनासनयानानि भूषणान्यम्बराणि च ॥
yāni ratnāni tadgehe pātāle tāni naḥ kutaḥ | vāhanāsanayānāni bhūṣaṇāny ambarāṇi ca ||
Die Juwelen in seinem Haus sind, als befänden sie sich in der Unterwelt—wie könnten wir solche erlangen? Und es gibt auch Fahrzeuge, Sitze, Trage- und Beförderungsmittel, Schmuck und Gewänder.
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FAQs
The sons argue that some benefactors are so resource-rich and self-sufficient that material repayment seems impossible—setting up a dharmic question: how to repay beyond wealth (through service, loyalty, or spreading virtue).
Narrative ethics and social reflection; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
Pātāla imagery suggests ‘hidden depths’ of merit and resources. The implied teaching is that the deepest ‘treasure’ is not matched by objects but by alignment with the benefactor’s dharma (right intention and action).