Shloka 69
Adhiratha-Rādhā Discover the Casket; Vasuṣeṇa (Karṇa) is Adopted and Formed
पुष्पकं च विमानं तत् पूजयित्वा स राघव: । प्रादाद् वैश्रवणायैव प्रीत्या स रघुनन्दन:,इसके बाद उस पुष्पकविमानकी पूजा करके रघुनन्दन श्रीरामने उसे कुबेरको ही प्रेमपूर्वक लौटा दिया
puṣpakaṃ ca vimānaṃ tat pūjayitvā sa rāghavaḥ | prādād vaiśravaṇāyaiva prītyā sa raghunandanaḥ ||
Wika ni Mārkaṇḍeya: Matapos sambahin nang may paggalang ang sasakyang panghimpapawid na Puṣpaka, si Rāghava—ang ligaya ng angkan ni Raghu—ay masayang ibinalik iyon kay Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera). Ipinakikita ng pangyayaring ito ang pagpipigil at katuwiran ni Rāma: kahit nagamit niya nang nararapat ang isang kababalaghang pag-aari, hindi siya kumapit dito, kundi ibinalik sa tunay na may-ari nang may mabuting kalooban.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when one has access to extraordinary power or wealth, dharma requires honoring what is not truly one’s own. Rama models ethical kingship by worshipfully acknowledging the gift/vehicle and then returning it to its rightful owner, acting without greed and with goodwill.
Markandeya narrates that Rama, after using the celestial Puṣpaka-vimāna, performs due honor to it and then returns it to Kubera (Vaiśravaṇa), from whom it ultimately belongs, doing so happily and respectfully.