Shloka 15
Saṃśaptaka-Varūthinī Saṅgrāma — Binding and Counter-Binding (संशप्तक-वरूथिनी-संग्रामः)
अन्यदस्मै वरं दद्यां कुडजराणां शतानि षट् । काउ्चनैर्विविधैर्भाण्डैराच्छन्नान हेममालिन:
anyad asmai varaṁ dadyāṁ kuḍajarāṇāṁ śatāni ṣaṭ | kāñcanair vividhair bhāṇḍair ācchannān hemamālinaḥ ||
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— “ನಾನು ಅವನಿಗೆ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ವರವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತೇನೆ—ಕುಡಜರವೆನ್ನುವ (ಕುಂಭದಂತೆ ದೃಢವಾದ) ಪಾತ್ರೆಗಳ ಆರುನೂರು; ವಿವಿಧ ಬಂಗಾರದ ಅಳವಡಿಕೆಗಳಿಂದ ಮುಚ್ಚಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ, ಬಂಗಾರದ ಮಾಲೆಗಳಿಂದ ಶೋಭಿತವಾದವು।”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the royal ethic of honoring and rewarding others through generous gifts—here expressed as an additional boon involving valuable, gold-adorned objects—reflecting how wealth and patronage function as instruments of status, obligation, and relationship in epic society.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describes an offer of an additional boon: a large quantity (six hundred) of vessels/containers, richly covered with diverse golden fittings and marked by golden garlands, emphasizing the splendor and magnitude of the gift.