Shloka 38
मान्धातृ-जन्म-चरितम्
The Birth and Career Account of Māndhātṛ
चितचैत्यो महातेजा धर्मान् प्राप्प च पुष्कलान् | शक्रस्यार्धासनं राजँल्लब्धवानमितद्युति:,राजन्! महातेजस्वी एवं परम कान्तिमान् राजा मान्धाताने यज्ञमण्डपोंका निर्माण करके पर्याप्त धर्मका सम्पादन किया और उसीके फलसे स्वर्गलोकमें इन्द्रका आधा सिंहासन प्राप्त कर लिया
citacaityo mahātejā dharmān prāpya ca puṣkalān | śakrasyārdhāsanaṃ rājan labdhavān amitadyutiḥ ||
Sinabi ni Lomaśa: “O Hari, ang makapangyarihan at maningning na si Māndhātṛ—matapos magtipon ng saganang kabutihang bunga ng matuwid na dharma—ay nakaabot sa langit at nakamtan pa ang kalahati ng luklukan ni Śakra (Indra).”
लोमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that steadfast dharma—especially royal righteousness expressed through generous, sacrificial, and duty-bound conduct—accumulates great merit and is depicted as leading to extraordinary honor in the cosmic hierarchy, even a share in Indra’s seat.
Lomaśa is recounting exemplary kings and their attainments. Here he cites Māndhātṛ as a paradigmatic righteous ruler whose abundant dharma resulted in a remarkable heavenly reward: receiving half of Śakra’s throne-seat in Svarga.