Shloka 1193
धर्मे चार्थे च कामे च समर्थ प्रददौ धनम् । सुवर्णमय पर्वत महामेरुने स्वयं आकर उन्हें सुवर्णकी राशि भेंट की। मनुष्योंपर सवारी करनेवाले यक्षराक्षसराज भगवान् कुबेरने भी उन्हें इतना धन दिया
dharme cārthe ca kāme ca samarthaḥ pradadau dhanam | suvarṇamayaḥ parvato mahāmeruḥ svayam ākarot suvarṇakī rāśiṃ bhent kī | manuṣyeṣu parivāhana-kartā yakṣa-rākṣasa-rājo bhagavān kuberaś ca tebhyaḥ etāvat dhanaṃ dadau yat teṣāṃ dharma-artha-kāma-nirvāhāya paryāptam abhavat |
Бхишма сказал: Он даровал богатство, достаточное для следования дхарме, артхе и каме. Даже гора Махамеру, вся из золота, словно бы извергала груды золота в дар. И Кубера — владыка якшей и ракшасов, прославленный своими колесницами и властью над сокровищами, — пожаловал им столько богатств, что их вполне хватало для исполнения праведных обязанностей, мирского благополучия и дозволенных наслаждений.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth is ethically meaningful when it is sufficient and rightly directed—supporting dharma (duty and moral order), artha (stable prosperity), and kama (legitimate enjoyment) without excess or harm. The passage frames prosperity as a means for balanced living rather than an end in itself.
Bhishma describes extraordinary bestowals of treasure: gold in vast heaps, as if drawn from golden Mahāmeru itself, and further riches granted by Kubera, the divine lord of wealth. The emphasis is that the recipients receive enough resources to maintain their duties, prosperity, and rightful pleasures.