दुर्योधन उवाच
दायं तु तस्मै विविधं शृणु मे गदतो ऽनघ ॥
यज्ञार्थं राजभिर् दत्तं महान्तं धनसंचयम् ॥
मेरुमन्दरयोर् मध्ये शैलोदाम् अभितो नदीम् ॥
ये ते कीचकवेणूनां छायां रम्याम् उपासते ॥
खशा एकाशनाज्योहाः प्रदरा दीर्घवेणवः ॥
पशुपाश् च कुणिन्दाश् च तङ्गणाः परतङ्गणाः ॥
ते वै पिपीलिकं नाम वरदत्तं पिपीलिकैः ॥
जातरूपं द्रोणमेयम् अहार्षुः पुञ्जशो नृपाः ॥
duryodhana uvāca
dāyaṃ tu tasmai vividhaṃ śṛṇu me gadato 'nagha ||
yajñārthaṃ rājabhir dattaṃ mahāntaṃ dhanasaṃcayam ||
merumandarayor madhye śailodām abhito nadīm ||
ye te kīcakaveṇūnāṃ chāyāṃ ramyām upāsate ||
khaśā ekāśanājyohāḥ pradarā dīrghaveṇavaḥ ||
paśupāś ca kuṇindāś ca taṅgaṇāḥ parataṅgaṇāḥ ||
te vai pipīlikaṃ nāma varadattaṃ pipīlikaiḥ ||
jātarūpaṃ droṇameyam ahārṣuḥ puñjaśo nṛpāḥ ||
Hear then, O sinless one, as I tell of the various gift given to him — the great accumulation of wealth offered by kings for the sacrifice. Those who dwell between Meru and Mandara, along the river Śailodā, in the lovely shade of the kīcaka reeds — the Khaśas, Ekāśanas, Ājyohas, Pradaras, the long-reed people, herdsmen, Kuṇindas, Taṅgaṇas and Paratangaṇas — brought in heaps that gold called 'ant gold,' given as a gift by the ants, measured by the droṇa.
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Even the fabled 'ant gold' from lands beyond the clouds flows to the sacrifice. It is telling that these offerings come 'for the sacrifice': all this wealth is gathered not for luxury but for what is sacred. The verse teaches that in a righteous kingdom even the most extraordinary things turn toward the highest purpose — even gold from unknown lands comes to the altar. But Duryodhana, tallying even here, sees only heaps; for him 'for the sacrifice' is empty words, since his heart is set not on the sacrifice but on the gold. The very same abundance is service for those who bring it, and plunder for the envious one — and in this difference lies the whole gulf between dharma and greed.