Shloka 8
उलूकदूतवाक्यम् / Ulūka’s Message to the Pāṇḍavas
निर्जित्य नरक॑ भौममाह्त्य मणिकुण्डले । षोडश स्त्रीसहसत्राणि रत्नानि विविधानि च
nirjitya narakaṁ bhaumam āhṛtya maṇikuṇḍale | ṣoḍaśa strīsahasrāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca ||
વૈશંપાયન બોલ્યા—ભૂમિપુત્ર નરકને જીત્યા પછી અને મણિમય કુંડળો પાછાં મેળવી, તેણે સોળ હજાર સ્ત્રીઓ તથા વિવિધ પ્રકારનાં રત્નો પણ પુનઃ પ્રાપ્ત કર્યા॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames righteous power as the subduing of a wrongdoer and the restoration of what was unjustly taken—especially the freeing of captives and the recovery of stolen valuables—reflecting a ruler’s dharmic responsibility.
Vaiśampāyana recounts that Naraka (Bhauma) was defeated; prized ornaments (jeweled earrings) and diverse treasures were retrieved, and sixteen thousand women who had been held were recovered.