Shloka 18
मयस्य प्रतिकृतिः — Maya’s Offer and the Commissioning of the Sabhā
स कालं कंचिदाश्वस्य विश्वकर्मा विचिन्त्य तु । सभां प्रचक्रमे कर्तु पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्
sa kālaṃ kañcid āśvasya viśvakarmā vicintya tu | sabhāṃ pracakrame kartuṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām ||
ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຫຼັງຈາກພັກຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນໄລຍະໜຶ່ງ ມາຍາ—ຜູ້ໂດງດັງໃນຫມູ່ດາຍຕະວ່າເປັນ «ວິສະວະກັມມັນ» ຊ່າງຝີມືຜູ້ຍິ່ງ—ໄດ້ຄິດໄຕ່ຕອງຢ່າງລະອຽດ ແລ້ວເລີ່ມຈັດການກຽມສ້າງສະພາຫໍສຳລັບປານດະວະຜູ້ມີໃຈຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Deliberation (vicāra) before action and the proper use of expertise are presented as supports to dharmic rule: great works meant for public order—like a royal sabhā—should arise from thoughtful planning rather than impulse.
After a period of rest, Mayāsura—famed as a supreme artisan—decides to undertake the construction of an assembly hall for the Pāṇḍavas and begins the preparations to build it.