अस्याधीनमिदं सर्वं द्रव्यरत्नमशेषतः । उत्कर्षार्द्धं तु मे दद्यात्तत्र गत्वेति वा न वा
asyādhīnamidaṃ sarvaṃ dravyaratnamaśeṣataḥ | utkarṣārddhaṃ tu me dadyāttatra gatveti vā na vā
“ഈ മുഴുവൻ ധനവും രത്നങ്ങളും അവന്റെ അധീനത്തിലാണ്. അവിടെ ചെന്നാൽ എനിക്ക് ലാഭത്തിന്റെ പകുതി തരാമോ, അല്ലയോ?”
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Revā Khaṇḍa context)
Scene: Sahadeva’s imagined scales of profit: his gaze shifts from sleeping companion to glittering jewels; thought-bubbles implied by composition—wealth dominating the frame.
Suspicion fueled by greed corrodes friendship and dharma; inner doubt becomes the pretext for outward sin.
No named tīrtha appears in this verse.
None.