Shloka 12

Dyumatsena’s Restoration and Sāvitrī’s Disclosure of Yama’s Boons (आरण्यकपर्व, अध्याय २८२)

Devanagari script

ततो मे त्रिगुणा यक्षा ये मद्बाघनकारिण: । केचिदेव धनाध्यक्ष॑ भ्रातरं मे समाश्रिता:,“इनकी अपेक्षा तिगुनी संख्या मेरे आज्ञापालक यक्षोंकी है। यक्षोंमेंसे कुछ ही मेरे भाई धनाध्यक्ष कुबेरकी सेवामें रहते हैं

Transliteration

tato me triguṇā yakṣā ye madbāghanakāriṇaḥ | kecid eva dhanādhyakṣaṁ bhrātaraṁ me samāśritāḥ |

Translation

“Therefore, the Yakṣas who carry out my commands are three times as numerous. Among them, only some have taken service under my brother, Kubera, the Lord of Wealth.”

Word by Word

ततःthen/from that

मेof me/my

त्रिगुणाःthreefold/three times (as many)

यक्षाःYakshas

येwho/which

मत्of me/my

आघ्नकारिणःorder-executors/command-doers

केचित्some

एवonly/indeed

धनाध्यक्षम्the lord/overseer of wealth (Kubera)

भ्रातरम्brother

मेof me/my

समाश्रिताःhaving resorted to/serving

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Yakṣas

Kubera (Dhanādhyakṣa)

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 ordered responsibility: beings are situated within hierarchies of duty, where service and obedience to rightful authority sustain cosmic and social order; even powerful attendants (Yakṣas) are distributed according to allegiance and function.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes the relative numbers and affiliations of Yakṣas: most serve under his command, while a smaller portion serve his brother Kubera, identified as the lord/overseer of wealth.