राज्यार्थी लभते राज्यं धनार्थी लभते धनम् । पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रान्सौख्यार्थी लभते सुखम्
rājyārthī labhate rājyaṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam | putrārthī labhate putrānsaukhyārthī labhate sukham
Ищущий царской власти обретает власть; ищущий богатства обретает богатство. Ищущий сыновей обретает сыновей; ищущий счастья обретает счастье.
Īśvara (Śiva), inferred
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Four petitioners approach Bhāskara: a king-seeker with crown offering, a merchant with coins, a couple seeking a child, and a householder seeking happiness; Sūrya radiates impartial grace.
Devotion performed with faith is portrayed as a dhārmic means to fulfill legitimate human aims (artha, kāma) without abandoning sacred discipline.
The promise is embedded in the Prabhāsa sacred setting and the Sūrya-centered practice described in this chapter.
Implicitly, the recitation/hearing and worship described earlier—whose fruits are now enumerated as phalaśruti.
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