Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तस्यैव मूर्धन्युशना: काव्यो दैत्यैर्महीपते । इमानि तस्य रत्नानि तस्येमे रत्नपर्वता:,भूपाल! उस मेरुपर्वतके ही शिखरपर दैत्योंके साथ शुक्राचार्य निवास करते हैं। ये सब रत्न तथा ये रत्नमय पर्वत शुक्राचार्यके ही अधिकारमें हैं

Transliteration

tasyaiva mūrdhany uśanāḥ kāvyo daityair mahīpate | imāni tasya ratnāni tasyeme ratnaparvatāḥ ||

Translation

तस्यैव मूर्धन्युषणा काव्यो दैत्यैर्महीपते । इमानि तस्य रत्नानि तस्येमे रत्नपर्वताः ॥

Word by Word

तस्यof him/that

एवindeed/only

मूर्धनिon the summit/head (top)

उशनाUśanā (Śukra)

काव्यःKāvya (son of Kavi; epithet of Śukra)

दैत्यैःwith/by the Daityas (demons)

महीपतेO king (lord of the earth)

इमानिthese

तस्यof him

रत्नानिgems/jewels

तस्यof him

इमेthese

रत्नपर्वताःgem-mountains (mountains of jewels)

भूपालO protector of the earth (king)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahīpati (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, addressed as king)

Uśanā Kāvya (Śukrācārya)

Daityas

Meru (mountain)

Ratnas (jewels)

Ratna-parvatas (jewel-mountains)

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 how immense wealth and extraordinary resources (jewels and jewel-mountains) are still subject to governance and rightful control—here attributed to Śukrācārya among the Daityas—implying that power and prosperity are structured by authority, counsel, and order rather than being ownerless spoils.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a mythic scene on Mount Meru: Śukrācārya (Uśanā Kāvya) resides on its summit with the Daityas, and the remarkable jewels and jewel-mountains mentioned are said to be under his dominion.