Shloka 9
वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म
Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving
यक्षाणामीश्वर: श्रीमान् कैलासनिलय: प्रभु: । (शड्खपद्मनिधि भ्यां च ऋछ्धा परमया सह ।) उपासन्त महात्मानमुशना च महामुनि:
bhīṣma uvāca |
yakṣāṇām īśvaraḥ śrīmān kailāsa-nilayaḥ prabhuḥ |
(śaṅkha-padma-nidhibhyāṃ ca ṛddhyā paramayā saha |)
upāsanta mahātmānam uśanā ca mahāmuniḥ |
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ກຸເບຣະ ຈອມແຫ່ງພວກຢັກສະ ຜູ້ມີສິຣີສົງ່າ ແລະເປັນຜູ້ມີອຳນາດ ຜູ້ພຳນັກຢູ່ພູໄກລາສະ—ພ້ອມດ້ວຍນິທິຊື່ «ສັງຂະ» ແລະ «ປັດມະ» ແລະຄວາມຮັ່ງມີອັນສູງສຸດ—ໄດ້ນະມັດສະການບູຊາພຣະອົງຜູ້ມີໃຈຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ນັ້ນ. ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນ ມະຫາມຸນີ ອຸຊານາ (ຊຸກຣະຈາຣະຍະ) ກໍບູຊາພຣະອົງ. ຂໍ້ຄວາມນີ້ວາງໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ແມ່ນແຕ່ຜູ້ສູງສົ່ງໃນສະຫວັນ ແລະຜູ້ຄອບຄອງຊັບສົມບັດ ກໍຢູ່ໃຕ້ວິໄນແຫ່ງການອຸທິດຕົນ; ຄວາມຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ແທ້ບໍ່ໄດ້ວັດດ້ວຍອຳນາດ ຫຼືຊັບສິນ ແຕ່ວັດດ້ວຍການເຄົາລົບຕໍ່ຫຼັກທິດສູງສຸດ ແລະການດຳລົງຢູ່ໃນທຳມະ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the highest holders of wealth and authority—Kubera with his treasures and prosperity, and the renowned sage Ushanas—are portrayed as worshippers of Mahadeva. The ethical point is that power and riches attain their proper place only when subordinated to reverence, self-discipline, and dharmic orientation toward the supreme.
Bhishma lists eminent beings associated with wealth and celestial status—Kubera of Kailasa, the personified treasures Shankha and Padma, prosperity (Riddhi), and the sage Ushanas—stating that they worship the great Lord (contextually Mahadeva/Shiva), thereby emphasizing Shiva’s supremacy and the universality of devotion.