Shloka 40
मान्धातृ-जन्म-चरितम्
The Birth and Career Account of Māndhātṛ
तस्य चैत्यैर्महाराज क्रतूनां दक्षिणावताम् | चतुरन्ता मही व्याप्ता नासीत् किंचिदनावृतम्,महाराज! उनके दक्षिणायुक्त यज्ञोंके चैत्यों (यज्ञमण्डपों)-से चारों ओरकी पृथ्वी भर गयी थी, कहीं कोई भी स्थान ऐसा नहीं था जो उनके यज्ञमण्डपोंसे घिरा न हो
tasya caityair mahārāja kratūnāṃ dakṣiṇāvatām | caturantā mahī vyāptā nāsīt kiṃcid anāvṛtam ||
Lomaśa dijo: «Oh gran rey, por los caityas—los pabellones sacrificiales—erigidos para sus ritos, ritos celebrados con las debidas dakṣiṇā y dádivas, la tierra en las cuatro direcciones quedó colmada. No hubo lugar alguno, oh rey, que no estuviera cercado y señalado por los recintos de sus sacrificios».
लोमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic kingship expressed through properly conducted sacrifices—especially the ethical obligation of dakṣiṇā (fair gifts/fees). Ritual is presented not as mere display but as sustained generosity and social responsibility that spreads widely, symbolically ‘covering’ the land.
Lomaśa describes the extraordinary scale of a ruler’s sacrificial activity: so many yajña-pavilions and ritual enclosures were established that the earth in every direction seemed filled with them, leaving no place untouched by the signs of his rites.