Shloka 29
Kubera-prasāda-vihāra and Counsel on Ajñātavāsa (कुबेरप्रसादविहारः तथा अज्ञातवासोपदेशः)
तपस्तप्त्वा महत् तीव्र प्रसाद्य च पितामहम् इदं वृतं निवासाय देवेभ्यश्वाभयं युधि,उन्होंने अत्यन्त तीव्र तपस्या करके पितामह ब्रह्माजीको प्रसन्न किया और उनसे अपने रहनेके लिये यही नगर माँग लिया। साथ ही यह भी माँगा कि “हमें युद्धमें देवताओंसे भय न हो”
tapas taptvā mahat tīvraṁ prasādya ca pitāmaham | idaṁ vṛtaṁ nivāsāya devebhyaś cābhayaṁ yudhi ||
Having performed intense and arduous austerities, he pleased the Grandsire Brahmā and requested this very city as his dwelling. He also sought a boon that, in battle, he and his people would be free from fear even of the gods—revealing an ambition for secure sovereignty backed by ascetic power and divine sanction.
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