Shloka 13
Saṃśaptaka-Varūthinī Saṅgrāma — Binding and Counter-Binding (संशप्तक-वरूथिनी-संग्रामः)
सुदान्तानपि चैवाहं दद्यामष्टादशापरान् । रथं च शुभ्र॑ सौवर्ण दद्यां तस्मै सस््वलंकृतम्
sudāntān api caivāhaṁ dadyām aṣṭādaśāparān | rathaṁ ca śubhraṁ sauvarṇaṁ dadyāṁ tasmai sa-sv-alaṅkṛtam ||
Sañjaya said: “I would give him even eighteen more well-trained horses, and I would also give him a splendid white chariot, golden and fully adorned.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights royal generosity and the readiness to offer valuable resources—trained horses and an ornate chariot—suggesting the ethical ideal of honoring and supporting a worthy recipient through substantial gifts.
Sañjaya, narrating events, describes an offer of significant martial assets: additional well-trained horses and a splendid, gold-adorned white chariot to a certain person, emphasizing the scale and seriousness of the support being pledged.