Shloka 8
Āśvamedhika-parva, Adhyāya 14
Consolation of Yudhiṣṭhira; Rites and Gifts; Return to Hastināpura
अर्थश्न सुमहान् प्राप्तो येन यक्ष्यामि देवता: । पुरस्कृत्याद्य भवत: समानेष्यामहे मखम्
arthaś ca sumahān prāpto yena yakṣyāmi devatāḥ | puraskṛtyādya bhavataḥ samāneṣyāmahe makham ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Isang napakalaking kayamanan ang natamo—sa pamamagitan nito’y magagawa kong sambahin ang mga diyos nang wasto. Ngayon, ilalagay namin kayo sa unahan, at dadalhin namin ang kayamanang iyon sa loob ng bulwagang handog (yajña-śālā) para sa ritwal.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Material wealth is presented as ethically meaningful when directed toward dharmic ends—here, sustaining proper worship and the orderly conduct of a yajña, with due honor to companions and elders.
The speaker announces that abundant wealth has been secured and will be used to perform sacrifices to the gods; he proposes that the others be honored by being placed in front as they proceed to bring the wealth into the sacrificial arena for the rite.