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Shloka 10

Marutta–Indra Rivalry and Bṛhaspati’s Priestly Refusal (मरुत्तेन्द्रस्पर्धा—बृहस्पतेः पौरोहित्यनिश्चयः)

वाहनं यस्य योधाश्र्‌ मित्राणि विविधानि च । शयनानि च मुख्यानि महाहाणि च सर्वश:

vāhanaṁ yasya yodhāś ca mitrāṇi vividhāni ca | śayanāni ca mukhyāni mahārhāṇi ca sarvaśaḥ |

毗耶娑说:“于他而言,车乘、武士、种种友伴,以及最上等、极珍贵的卧榻诸类,皆能仅凭意念观想,并凭口中所出之气息而立刻显现。大王啊,迦兰陀摩王以自身德力,使一切诸王尽归其统御。”

वाहनम्vehicle, conveyance
वाहनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाहन
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
योधाःwarriors
योधाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयोध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मित्राणिfriends, allies
मित्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
विविधानिvarious, diverse
विविधानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविविध
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
शयनानिbeds, couches
शयनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशयन
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मुख्यानिchief, excellent
मुख्यानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमुख्य
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
महाहाणिgreat valuables (reading uncertain)
महाहाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहाहाणि
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सर्वशःin every way, entirely
सर्वशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वशः

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
K
Karaṇḍhama
K
King (rājan)
V
vāhana (conveyances)
Y
yodhāḥ (warriors)
M
mitrāṇi (allies/friends)
Ś
śayanāni (beds)

Educational Q&A

The passage links sovereignty to inner excellence: a ruler’s guṇas (virtues and capacities) are presented as the true source of prosperity and effective rule, so that resources and support seem to arise effortlessly when leadership is grounded in merit.

Vyāsa describes King Karaṇḍhama’s extraordinary prosperity—vehicles, warriors, allies, and luxurious beds appear as if by mere thought and breath—and then states that through his virtues he brought other kings under his control.