Shloka 35
Marutta’s Sacrifice: Indra’s Threat, Saṃvarta’s Mantric Restraint, and Divine Reconciliation (अध्याय १०)
ततो वित्त विविध संनिधाय यथोत्साहं कारयित्वा च कोषम् | अनुज्ञातो गुरुणा संनिवृत्य शशास गामखिलां सागरान्ताम्
tato vittaṃ vividhaṃ sannidhāya yathotsāhaṃ kārayitvā ca koṣam | anujñāto guruṇā saṃnivṛtya śaśāsa gām akhilāṃ sāgarāntām ||
Alors, ayant rassemblé les richesses restantes de maintes sortes, Marutta—selon toute sa capacité et son ardeur—fit bâtir un trésor et y déposa ces biens. Avec la permission de son maître Saṃvarta, il retourna dans sa capitale et, dès lors, régna sur la terre entière, bornée par l’océan—exerçant une royauté légitime, fondée sur l’obéissance au guru et sur une gestion ordonnée des ressources.
व्याय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic governance: wealth should be responsibly organized (placed in a treasury for orderly administration), and political authority is exercised rightly when aligned with discipline and the guru’s sanction—symbolizing legitimacy, restraint, and ethical stewardship.
After a great distribution of wealth, what remains is collected and stored by having a treasury built. Marutta then takes leave of his teacher Saṃvarta, returns to his capital, and rules the whole ocean-bounded earth.