Mahabharata 7.204.65 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 204, Shloka 65
सौवर्ण कमलाक्षस्य तारकाक्षस्य राजतम् | तृतीयं तु पुरं तेषां विद्युम्मालिन आयसम्,उनमेंसे सोनेका नगर कमलाक्षके, चाँदीका तारकाक्षके तथा तीसरा लोहेका बना हुआ नगर विद्युन्मालीके अधिकारमें था
sauvarṇaṃ kamalākṣasya tārakākṣasya rājatam | tṛtīyaṃ tu puraṃ teṣāṃ vidyunmālina āyasam ||
ในบรรดาป้อมนครทั้งสามนั้น นครทองเป็นของกมลักษะ นครเงินเป็นของตารกักษะ และนครที่สาม—ซึ่งสร้างด้วยเหล็ก—อยู่ใต้การครอบครองของวิทยุนมาลิน
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Material grandeur and fortified power (gold, silver, iron cities) can symbolize dominance and pride, but they do not stand outside moral causality; worldly strength remains subject to a higher order where misuse of power leads to consequences.
Vyāsa describes the three distinct cities/strongholds and assigns each to its ruler: Kamalākṣa rules the golden city, Tārakākṣa the silver city, and Vidyunmālin the iron city—setting up the background for their collective might and the events that follow.
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