Shloka 119
यक्ष उवाच व्याख्याता मे त्वया प्रश्ना याथातथ्यं परंतप । पुरुष त्विदानीं व्याख्याहि यश्च सर्वधनी नर:
yakṣa uvāca vyākhyātā me tvayā praśnā yāthātathyaṁ parantapa | puruṣas tv idānīṁ vyākhyāhi yaś ca sarvadhanī naraḥ ||
The Yaksha said: “You have explained my questions to me truthfully and as they really are, O scorcher of foes. Now explain, in turn, what kind of man is truly ‘possessed of all wealth’.”
यक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse pivots from factual answers to a value-based inquiry: it challenges the listener to define ‘true wealth’ not merely as material possession but as a fuller human excellence—implying that ethical and inner qualities determine who is genuinely ‘wealthy’ in life.
In the Yaksha–Yudhiṣṭhira dialogue at the lake, the Yaksha acknowledges that the hero has answered earlier questions truthfully. The Yaksha then advances the examination by asking Yudhiṣṭhira to define the ‘sarvadhanī naraḥ’—the man who can be called wealthy in every sense.