Shloka 17
Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira
सत्कृतानि सहस्राणि सर्वकामै: पुरा गृहे । सर्वकामै: सुविहितैर्यदपूजय था द्विजान्,पहले आपके राजभवनमें सहस्रों (सुवर्णमय) पात्र थे, जो सम्पूर्ण इच्छानुकूल भोज्य पदार्थोंसे भरे-पूरे रहते थे और उनके द्वारा आप समस्त अभीष्ट मनोरथोंकी पूर्ति करते हुए प्रतिदिन ब्राह्मणोंका सत्कार करते थे
satkṛtāni sahasrāṇi sarvakāmaiḥ purā gṛhe | sarvakāmaiḥ suvihitair yad apūjayathā dvijān |
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Thuở trước, ngay trong cung điện của ngài, có hàng ngàn lễ vật và vật dụng được sắp đặt chu toàn, đủ mọi điều mong ước; và với những sự chuẩn bị tuyệt hảo ấy—có thể đáp ứng mọi nguyện cầu—ngài đã kính trọng, tôn vinh các bà-la-môn đúng theo lễ nghi.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights rājadharma expressed through dāna and satkāra: a ruler’s prosperity is ethically directed when it is used to honor worthy recipients—especially brāhmaṇas—through well-arranged hospitality and gifts, thereby sustaining social and ritual order.
Vaiśampāyana recalls the addressee’s former royal abundance—thousands of well-prepared resources in the palace—and notes that these were used to regularly honor brāhmaṇas, contrasting past prosperity and public generosity with the present condition implied by the surrounding context.