Shloka 5
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
दत्त्वान्यद्भूबुजे दद्युर्यदि भागं ततोऽधिकम् ।
पण्यादीनामशेषाणां वणिजो गृह्णतस्ततः ॥
dattvānyad bhūbhuje dadyur yadi bhāgaṃ tato 'dhikam /
paṇyādīnām aśeṣāṇāṃ vaṇijo gṛhṇatas tataḥ
यदि दत्त्वापि जनाः भूमिभोक्त्रे राज्ञे यथोचितात् अधिकं भागं दातुं बाध्यन्ते, तदा वणिजो द्रव्याणि सर्वाणि तदादीनि च अपहरन्ति (न आनयन्ति)।
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FAQs
Excess extraction destroys prosperity: when rulers demand beyond fairness, trade and production contract—an early articulation of economic feedback and the ethics of moderation.
Dharma/nīti material within a kingly narrative (vaṃśānucarita).
‘Merchants withdrawing goods’ symbolizes Lakṣmī (prosperity) departing from an unjust realm—prosperity is portrayed as responsive to dharma.