Shloka 117
त॑ साक्षात् पृथिवी भेजे रत्नान्यादाय पाण्डव,पाण्डुनन्दन युधिष्ठिर! उस समय साक्षात् पृथ्वी देवी रत्नोंकी भेंट लेकर उनकी सेवामें उपस्थित हुई थी। सरिताओंके स्वामी समुद्र, पर्वतोंमें श्रेष्ठ हिमवान् तथा देवराज इन्द्रने अक्षय धन समर्पित किया
tāṁ sākṣāt pṛthivī bheje ratnāny ādāya pāṇḍava, pāṇḍunandana yudhiṣṭhira! tadā sākṣāt pṛthivī-devī ratnānāṁ bheṭaṁ gṛhītvā teṣāṁ sevāyām upasthitā āsīt. saritāṁ svāmī samudraḥ, parvateṣu śreṣṭho himavān tathā devarāja indraś ca akṣaya-dhanaṁ samarpitavān.
Bhīṣma said: “O Pāṇḍava, O Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Pāṇḍu! At that time the very Earth herself came in person, bringing jewels as an offering and standing ready in service. The Ocean, lord of rivers, the Himālaya—foremost among mountains—and Indra, king of the gods, likewise presented inexhaustible wealth.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous rule aligned with dharma is portrayed as harmonizing the human and cosmic realms: when a king embodies dharma, even the powers of nature and the gods are said to support him with prosperity, symbolizing legitimacy, stability, and the ethical fruit of just governance.
Bhīṣma describes a moment when personified Earth arrives with jewels to serve/offer tribute, and other great cosmic entities—Ocean, Himālaya, and Indra—also present inexhaustible wealth, emphasizing the extraordinary support surrounding Yudhiṣṭhira (or a dharmic ruler) in that context.