Shloka 27
मरुत्तोपाख्यान-प्रस्तावः — Genealogy to Marutta and the Logistics of Royal Sacrifice
चक्कुः सुवर्णकर्तारो येषां संख्या न विद्यते । तस्यैव च समीपे तु यज्ञवाटो बभूव ह
cakṣuḥ suvarṇakartāro yeṣāṃ saṅkhyā na vidyate | tasyaiva ca samīpe tu yajñavāṭo babhūva ha ||
ਵਿਆਸ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਸੁਵਰਨ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਕਾਰੀਗਰ ਇੰਨੇ ਸਨ ਕਿ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੋ ਸਕਦੀ ਸੀ। ਉਸੇ ਸੁਵਰਨਮਈ ਪਹਾੜ ਦੇ ਨੇੜੇ ਯਜ੍ਞ-ਵਾਟ (ਯਜ੍ਞ-ਪਰਿਸਰ) ਬਣਾਇਆ ਗਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਉੱਥੇ ਹੀ ਯਜ੍ਞ-ਕਰਮ ਚਲ ਪਿਆ।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that immense resources and labor gain ethical meaning when directed toward dharma—here, the disciplined performance of a Vedic rite. Magnitude (countless goldsmiths, abundant gold) is not praised as luxury, but as properly organized support for a sanctioned public act.
Vyāsa describes the establishment of a yajña-enclosure near a golden mountain and notes that innumerable gold artisans were engaged, indicating the grand scale of the Aśvamedha preparations and the commencement of ritual activity.