Shloka 6
दमयन्तीवाक्य-प्रेषणम्
Damayantī’s Message and the Dispatch of Brahmin Envoys
स त्वमातिष्ठ योगं त॑ येन शीघ्रा हया मम । भवेयुरश्वाध्यक्षोडसि वेतनं ते शतं शतम्,अतः तुम ऐसा उपाय करो, जिससे मेरे घोड़े शीघ्रगामी हो जायँ। आजसे तुम हमारे अश्वाध्यक्ष हो। दस हजार मुद्राएँ तुम्हारा वार्षिक वेतन है
sa tvam ātiṣṭha yogaṃ ta yena śīghrā hayā mama | bhaveyur aśvādhyakṣo 'si vetanaṃ te śataṃ śatam ||
Sinabi ni Ṛtuparṇa: “Kaya’t tanggapin mo ang kasanayan at paraan na magpapabilis sa aking mga kabayo. Mula ngayon, ikaw ang magiging tagapangasiwa ng mga kabayo; ang iyong upa ay isang daan na inuulit sa isang daan.”
ऋचतुपर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Competence (yoga as practical skill) is treated as a valued form of dharma in service: a ruler should recognize expertise and compensate it fairly, while the servant should apply knowledge for the common good.
King R̥tupārṇa asks the other person to employ a technique to make his horses faster and appoints him as aśvādhyakṣa (stable superintendent), promising a substantial wage.