Shloka 40
मान्धातृ-जन्म-चरितम्
The Birth and Career Account of Māndhātṛ
तस्य चैत्यैर्महाराज क्रतूनां दक्षिणावताम् | चतुरन्ता मही व्याप्ता नासीत् किंचिदनावृतम्,महाराज! उनके दक्षिणायुक्त यज्ञोंके चैत्यों (यज्ञमण्डपों)-से चारों ओरकी पृथ्वी भर गयी थी, कहीं कोई भी स्थान ऐसा नहीं था जो उनके यज्ञमण्डपोंसे घिरा न हो
tasya caityair mahārāja kratūnāṃ dakṣiṇāvatām | caturantā mahī vyāptā nāsīt kiṃcid anāvṛtam ||
ലോമശൻ പറഞ്ഞു—മഹാരാജാവേ! ദക്ഷിണാസഹിതം നടത്തിയ അവന്റെ ക്രതുക്കളുടെ ചൈത്യങ്ങൾ (യജ്ഞമണ്ഡപങ്ങൾ) നാലുദിക്കുകളിലുമുള്ള ഭൂമിയെ നിറച്ചു; അവന്റെ യജ്ഞപരിസരങ്ങൾ ചുറ്റാത്ത ഇടം എവിടെയും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ല.
लोमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic kingship expressed through properly conducted sacrifices—especially the ethical obligation of dakṣiṇā (fair gifts/fees). Ritual is presented not as mere display but as sustained generosity and social responsibility that spreads widely, symbolically ‘covering’ the land.
Lomaśa describes the extraordinary scale of a ruler’s sacrificial activity: so many yajña-pavilions and ritual enclosures were established that the earth in every direction seemed filled with them, leaving no place untouched by the signs of his rites.