Shloka 19
Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage
सुवर्ण रजतं चैव मणीनथ च मौक्तिकान्,भारत! भोजनके पश्चात् ब्राह्मणोंके समक्ष बहुत-से सोने, चाँदी, मणि, मोती, बहुमूल्य हीरे, वैदूर्यमणि, रंकुमृगके चर्म तथा रत्नोंके कई ढेर लगाकर महाबली विरूपाक्षने उन श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणोंसे कहा--'द्विजवरो! आपलोग अपनी इच्छा और उत्साहके अनुसार इन रत्नोंको उठा ले जायेँ और जिनमें आपलोगोंने भोजन किया है, उन पात्रोंको भी अपने घर लेते जाये
suvarṇa-rajataṃ caiva maṇīn atha ca mauktikān | bhārata! bhojanake paścāt brāhmaṇānāṃ samakṣaṃ bahūni suvarṇa-rajatāni maṇi-mauktikāni bahumūlyāni hīrāṇi vaidūrya-maṇīṃś ca raṅku-mṛga-carmāṇi ratnāni ca bahudhā rāśīn nikṣipya mahābalī virūpākṣaḥ tān śreṣṭha-brāhmaṇān uvāca— “dvija-varāḥ! yathā-icchāṃ yathā-utsāhaṃ ca etāni ratnāni gṛhītvā nayata; yeṣu ca pātreṣu yuṣmābhiḥ bhuktaṃ, tāni pātrāṇy api sva-gṛhān nayata.”
Bhishma said: “O Bharata! After the meal, the mighty Virupaksha piled up before the Brahmins many heaps of gold and silver, gems and pearls—along with costly diamonds, vaidurya stones, the hide of the rangu deer, and other treasures. Then he addressed those excellent Brahmins: ‘Best of the twice-born! Take these jewels away according to your own wish and zeal; and also carry to your homes the very vessels from which you have eaten.’”
भीष्म उवाच