Shloka 40

Devanagari script

तस्य चैत्यैर्महाराज क्रतूनां दक्षिणावताम्‌ | चतुरन्ता मही व्याप्ता नासीत्‌ किंचिदनावृतम्‌,महाराज! उनके दक्षिणायुक्त यज्ञोंके चैत्यों (यज्ञमण्डपों)-से चारों ओरकी पृथ्वी भर गयी थी, कहीं कोई भी स्थान ऐसा नहीं था जो उनके यज्ञमण्डपोंसे घिरा न हो

Transliteration

tasya caityair mahārāja kratūnāṃ dakṣiṇāvatām | caturantā mahī vyāptā nāsīt kiṃcid anāvṛtam ||

Translation

罗摩沙说道：“大王啊，为他的祭仪所建的诸多制多（祭坛与祭亭）——那些按礼奉献达克希那与布施的祭祀——充满了四方大地。大王啊，天下无一处不被其祭祀的界域所环绕、所标记。”

Word by Word

तस्यof him/that (king)

चand

चैत्यैःby/with the altars/caityas (sacrificial structures)

महाराजO great king

क्रतूनाम्of the sacrifices

दक्षिणावताम्endowed with sacrificial fees (dakṣiṇā)

चतुरन्ताhaving four boundaries/sides (on all four sides)

महीthe earth

व्याप्ताwas pervaded/filled

नnot

आसीत्was/existed

किंचित्anything (at all)

अनावृतम्uncovered/unenclosed

महाराजO great king

Speaker

लोमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

ल

लोमश (Lomaśa)

म

महाराज (the king being addressed)

च

चैत्याḥ (sacrificial pavilions/ritual precincts)

क

क्रतु (sacrifice)

द

दक्षिणा (priestly fee/gift)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic kingship expressed through properly conducted sacrifices—especially the ethical obligation of dakṣiṇā (fair gifts/fees). Ritual is presented not as mere display but as sustained generosity and social responsibility that spreads widely, symbolically ‘covering’ the land.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa describes the extraordinary scale of a ruler’s sacrificial activity: so many yajña-pavilions and ritual enclosures were established that the earth in every direction seemed filled with them, leaving no place untouched by the signs of his rites.