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Maya built an excellent hall, famous in
the three worlds, wonderful, completely inlaid
with precious stones and beautiful, and
given leave, went away.
SABHA PARVA
अथ तत्रोपविष्टेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु ।
नारदस्सुमहातेजाः पप्रच्छेदं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥
Then, when the high-souled Pandavas
were sitting in that hall, the supremely
magnificent Narada asked this of
Yudhisthira :
'कञ्चिदर्थाश्च कल्पन्ते धर्मे च रमते मनः ।
कुलीनाश्चानुरक्ताश्च कृतास्ते वीर मन्त्रिणः ॥
"Are your material gains adequate? Does
your mind delight in Dharma ? Valorous
Yudhisthira! have you made men of birth
and devotion your ministers?
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'कश्चिदुर्गाणि सर्वाणि धनधान्यायुधोदकैः ।
यन्त्रैश्च परिपूर्णानि तथा शिल्पिधनुर्धरैः ॥
"Are all the forts full with money,
corn, missiles, and water, machines, artisans
and archers ?
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Maya built an excellent hall, famous in
the three worlds, wonderful, completely inlaid
with precious stones and beautiful, and
given leave, went away.
SABHA PARVA
अथ तत्रोपविष्टेषु पाण्डवेषु महात्मसु ।
नारदस्सुमहातेजाः पप्रच्छेदं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥
Then, when the high-souled Pandavas
were sitting in that hall, the supremely
magnificent Narada asked this of
Yudhisthira :
'कञ्चिदर्थाश्च कल्पन्ते धर्मे च रमते मनः ।
कुलीनाश्चानुरक्ताश्च कृतास्ते वीर मन्त्रिणः ॥
"Are your material gains adequate? Does
your mind delight in Dharma ? Valorous
Yudhisthira! have you made men of birth
and devotion your ministers?
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'कश्चिदुर्गाणि सर्वाणि धनधान्यायुधोदकैः ।
यन्त्रैश्च परिपूर्णानि तथा शिल्पिधनुर्धरैः ॥
"Are all the forts full with money,
corn, missiles, and water, machines, artisans
and archers ?
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