Shloka 756
Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality
वासांसि च महाहाणि म्णी श्रैव महाधनान् । तथा उन्होंने नाना प्रकारके रत्न, चन्दन, अगुरुके काष्ठ, दिव्य आभूषण, बहुमूल्य वस्त्र और विशेष मूल्यवान् मणि-रत्न भी उसके साथ भिजवाये
vāsāṃsi ca mahārhāṇi maṇīś caiva mahādhanān | tathā nānāprakārāṇi ratnāni candanaṃ aguru-kāṣṭhaṃ divyābharaṇāni bahumūlyāni vastrāṇi viśeṣa-mūlyavān maṇi-ratnāni ca tasya saha bhijavāyām āsuḥ |
वासांसि च महार्हाणि मणीन् चैव महाधनान् । नानारत्नानि चन्दनमगुरुकाष्ठं दिव्याभरणानि बहुमूल्यवस्त्राणि विशेषतः मणिरत्ननिधींश्च तेन सह प्रेषयामासुः ॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how material gifts—garments, gems, fragrances, and ornaments—function as instruments of honor and political messaging in royal society; ethical reflection lies in recognizing that external splendor can be used to bind alliances, display power, or mask deeper intentions.
A party arranges and dispatches an impressive set of luxury items—precious clothes, gems, jewels, sandalwood, agaru-wood, and ornaments—sending them along with someone as part of a formal courtly exchange in the Sabha Parva setting.