Shloka 3

Adhyāya 62: Marutta’s Treasure and the Pāṇḍavas’ Auspicious Departure (मरुत्तस्य धनप्राप्त्युपक्रमः)

Devanagari script

षष्टिं शतसहस्तराणि ब्राह्मणानां महौजसाम्‌ | विधिवद्‌ भोजयामास भोज्यं सर्वगुणान्वितम्‌,उन्होंने साठ लाख महातेजस्वी ब्राह्मणोंको विधिपूर्वक सर्वगुणसम्पन्न उत्तम अन्न भोजन कराया

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | ṣaṣṭiṁ śata-sahasrāṇi brāhmaṇānāṁ mahaujasām | vidhivad bhojayāmāsa bhojyaṁ sarva-guṇānvitam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: He duly fed sixty hundred-thousands (i.e., six million) mighty, radiant Brāhmaṇas, serving them excellent food endowed with every desirable quality—thus fulfilling the ethical duty of generous hospitality and sacrificial giving.

Word by Word

षष्टिम्sixty

शतसहस्त्राणिhundreds of thousands (i.e., hundred-thousands)

ब्राह्मणानाम्of Brahmins

महौजसाम्of great vigor/energy

विधिवत्according to rule; duly

भोजयामासcaused to eat; fed

भोज्यम्fit to be eaten; food

सर्वगुणान्वितम्endowed with all qualities

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Brāhmaṇas

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma expressed through disciplined generosity: feeding and honoring learned guests (especially Brāhmaṇas) in the prescribed manner, with high-quality provisions, is presented as an ethical and ritual duty that supports social and spiritual order.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Aśvamedhika context, a grand rite and its associated gifts/feasts are being described: an immense number of Brāhmaṇas are formally hosted and fed with excellent food, emphasizing the scale and propriety of the patron’s sacrificial hospitality.