Shloka 49
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
दत्तात्रेय उवाच नृणां पदे स्थिता लक्ष्मीर् निलयं सम्प्रयच्छति ।
सक्थ्न्योश्च संस्थिता वस्त्रं तथा नानाविधं वसु ॥
dattātreya uvāca nṛṇāṃ pade sthitā lakṣmīr nilayaṃ samprayacchati / sakthnyoś ca saṃsthitā vastraṃ tathā nānāvidhaṃ vasu
دَتّاتریہ نے کہا— جب لکشمی مرد کے قدموں میں ٹھہرتی ہے تو رہائش عطا کرتی ہے۔ اور جب رانوں میں قائم ہوتی ہے تو لباس اور طرح طرح کا مال و دولت بخشتی ہے۔
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FAQs
Basic securities—shelter, clothing, material means—are framed as ‘fruits’ of fortune grounded in stability and right support (feet/thighs symbolizing steadiness and capacity).
Didactic dharma material inside narrative dialogue; it supports Purāṇic instruction rather than cosmological enumeration.
Feet and thighs indicate foundation and strength; fortune that rests on firm foundations yields stable life-infrastructure (home, resources) rather than fleeting display.