प्रियं कर्तुम् उपस्थातुं बलिकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥
अभिहर्तुं नृपा जग्मुर् नान्यैः कार्यैः पृथक् पृथक् ॥
धर्म्यैर् धनागमैस् तस्य ववृधे निचयो महान् ॥
कर्तुं यस्य न शक्येत क्षयो वर्षशतैर् अपि ॥
स्वकोशस्य परीमाणं कोष्ठस्य च महीपतिः ॥
विज्ञाय राजा कौन्तेयो यज्ञायैव मनो दधे ॥
priyaṃ kartum upasthātuṃ balikarma svabhāvajam ||
abhihartuṃ nṛpā jagmur nānyaiḥ kāryaiḥ pṛthak pṛthak ||
dharmyair dhanāgamais tasya vavṛdhe nicayo mahān ||
kartuṃ yasya na śakyeta kṣayo varṣaśatair api ||
svakośasya parīmāṇaṃ koṣṭhasya ca mahīpatiḥ ||
vijñāya rājā kaunteyo yajñāyaiva mano dadhe ||
Kings came, each separately, on no other business but to please him, pay him court, and bring tribute — a natural duty. By righteous streams of wealth his great store grew, a depletion of which could not be achieved even in a hundred years. Having learned the measure of his own treasury and storehouse, King Kaunteya set his mind on the sacrifice.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
No sooner does Yudhishthira learn that his riches are inexhaustible than he turns his mind not to enjoyment but to sacrifice. It is telling that abundance awakens in the righteous not greed but the desire to give. Wealth gathered through "righteous streams" must likewise be used righteously — offered to the Lord and to the brahmanas. The verse teaches the right measure of one's relation to prosperity: the trial of abundance is harder than the trial of want, and only he who sees in wealth not an end but a means of service withstands it. A full treasury in the hands of the righteous becomes an occasion for sacrifice, not for luxury.