Shloka 133
Parīkṣit-janma-saṃkaṭa and Kuntī’s petition to Vāsudeva (परिक्षिज्जन्मसंकटं कुन्त्याः प्रार्थना च)
प्रीतिमान् स कुरुश्रेष्ठ खानयामास तद् धनम् | वहाँ उन्होंने नाना प्रकारके विचित्र फूल, मालपूआ तथा खिचड़ी आदिके द्वारा धनपति कुबेरकी पूजा करके उन्हें प्रणाम--अभिवादन किया। तत्पश्चात् उन्हीं सामग्रियोंसे शंख आदि निधियों तथा समस्त निधिपालोंका पूजन करके श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणोंकी पूजा की। फिर उनसे स्वस्तिवाचन कराकर जन ब्राह्मणोंके पुण्याहघोषसे तेजस्वी हुए शक्तिशाली कुरुश्रेष्ठ राजा युधिष्ठिर बड़ी प्रसन्नताके साथ उस धनको खुदवाने लगे
Vaiśampāyana uvāca | prītimān sa kuruśreṣṭhaḥ khānayāmāsa tad dhanam |
Vaiśampāyana said: Pleased at heart, that best of the Kurus had that treasure excavated. In the narrative setting, Yudhiṣṭhira proceeds with reverence rather than mere acquisition: he worships Kubera, lord of wealth, and then honors the guardians of the treasures and the brāhmaṇas, receiving auspicious blessings. The episode frames wealth as something to be approached through devotion, propriety, and communal sanctification, not through greed—thus aligning royal action with dharma.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth is to be approached through dharma: the king does not treat treasure as mere spoil but sanctifies its acquisition through worship, honoring divine guardians and brāhmaṇas, and receiving auspicious benedictions—modeling restraint, gratitude, and responsibility.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira, pleased, has a treasure dug up. Before and around the excavation he performs worship of Kubera and the treasure-guardians, honors brāhmaṇas, and receives auspicious recitations, after which the king proceeds with the excavation in a ritually affirmed manner.