Shloka 32
Praise of Digging Wells and Building Water-Reservoirs
The Merit of Water-Works
मत्सरात्स तु तं प्राह शृणु मे वचनं पितः । दीनारायुत मे तत्ते दत्वा चानीय प्रस्तरम्
matsarātsa tu taṃ prāha śṛṇu me vacanaṃ pitaḥ | dīnārāyuta me tatte datvā cānīya prastaram
मत्सराने तो त्याला म्हणाला— “पिता, माझे वचन ऐका. मला दहा हजार दीनार द्या, मग एक दगडी शिळा आणा।”
Unspecified (a son/younger person speaking to his father within the narrative context)
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Sandhi Resolution Notes: मत्सरात्स = मत्सरात् + सः; तत्ते = तत् + ते; दत्वा चानीय = दत्वा + च + आनीय
FAQs
The verse frames the request as arising from envy, implying that jealousy can distort speech and motivate harmful or grasping demands.
It denotes a large sum—ten thousand dīnāras—used here to emphasize the magnitude of the demand being made.
The verse presents a sequence of demands—money and then a stone slab—suggesting preparation for some intended act; without the surrounding verses, the precise purpose remains context-dependent.