Shloka 12

Dyumatsena’s Restoration and Sāvitrī’s Disclosure of Yama’s Boons (आरण्यकपर्व, अध्याय २८२)

Devanagari script

ततो मे त्रिगुणा यक्षा ये मद्बाघनकारिण: । केचिदेव धनाध्यक्ष॑ भ्रातरं मे समाश्रिता:,“इनकी अपेक्षा तिगुनी संख्या मेरे आज्ञापालक यक्षोंकी है। यक्षोंमेंसे कुछ ही मेरे भाई धनाध्यक्ष कुबेरकी सेवामें रहते हैं

Transliteration

tato me triguṇā yakṣā ye madbāghanakāriṇaḥ | kecid eva dhanādhyakṣaṁ bhrātaraṁ me samāśritāḥ |

Translation

“Por isso, os Yakṣas que cumprem minhas ordens são três vezes mais numerosos. Entre eles, apenas alguns entraram a serviço de meu irmão Kubera, Senhor das Riquezas.”

Word by Word

ततःthen/from that

मेof me/my

त्रिगुणाःthreefold/three times (as many)

यक्षाःYakshas

येwho/which

मत्of me/my

आघ्नकारिणःorder-executors/command-doers

केचित्some

एवonly/indeed

धनाध्यक्षम्the lord/overseer of wealth (Kubera)

भ्रातरम्brother

मेof me/my

समाश्रिताःhaving resorted to/serving

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Mārkaṇḍeya

Yakṣas

Kubera (Dhanādhyakṣa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ordered responsibility: beings are situated within hierarchies of duty, where service and obedience to rightful authority sustain cosmic and social order; even powerful attendants (Yakṣas) are distributed according to allegiance and function.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes the relative numbers and affiliations of Yakṣas: most serve under his command, while a smaller portion serve his brother Kubera, identified as the lord/overseer of wealth.