Shloka 17
अर्जुनस्य लक्ष्यवेधः
Arjuna’s Hitting of the Target at the Svayaṃvara
निखातं यच्च वै वित्तं केनचिद् भृगुवेश्मनि । वैरायैव तदा न्यस्तं क्षत्रियान् कोपयिष्णुभि:,किसी भृगुवंशीने अपने घरमें जो धन गाड़ दिया था, वह भी वैर बढ़ानेके लिये ही किया गया था। हम चाहते थे कि क्षत्रियलोग हमारे ऊपर कुपित हो जायेँ
nikhātaṃ yac ca vai vittaṃ kenacid bhṛguveśmani | vairāyaiva tadā nyastaṃ kṣatriyān kopayiṣṇubhiḥ ||
而那被人埋藏在一位婆利古族人家中的财物，在当时也只是为了煽动仇怨而安置的——出于那些想激起刹帝利怒火之人的用心。
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights adharma through deliberate provocation: planting wealth as false evidence to incite anger shows how manipulation and deceit can manufacture hostility and drive communities toward violence.
Vasiṣṭha explains that the buried treasure found in a Bhṛgu’s house was intentionally placed there to intensify enmity, with the aim of provoking the Kṣatriyas into anger against the Bhṛgus.