Shloka 27
अध्याय ९५: चित्राङ्गदस्य गन्धर्वेण सह संग्रामः तथा विचित्रवीर्यस्य राज्याभिषेकः
Chitrāṅgada’s duel with the Gandharva and Vicitravīrya’s consecration
पूर्णा हस्तिगजा श्वैश्व बहुरत्नसमाकुलाम् । ममज्जेव मही तस्य भूरिभारावपीडिता
pūrṇā hastigajā śvaśva bahuratnasamākulām | mamajjeva mahī tasya bhūribhārāvapīḍitā ||
វៃសម្បាយនៈបាននិយាយថា៖ ផែនដីដែលពេញទៅដោយដំរី និងសេះ ហើយសម្បូរទៅដោយរតនៈជាច្រើនប្រភេទ ហាក់ដូចជាលិចចុះក្រោមអាណាចក្ររបស់គាត់ ដូចជាត្រូវបានសង្កត់ដោយទម្ងន់ដ៏ធំមហិមា—រូបភាពនៃសម្បត្តិរុងរឿងដល់ថ្នាក់ក្លាយជាបន្ទុកលើលោក។
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Prosperity and power, though signs of successful rule, carry weight and consequences; the verse uses the earth ‘sinking’ as a moral image that excessive accumulation and vast dominion can become a burden requiring restraint and responsible governance.
The narrator describes a king’s realm as extraordinarily rich—full of elephants, horses, and treasures—so abundant that the earth itself is poetically portrayed as sinking under the sheer load of that prosperity.