The Duty of Giving and of Protecting the Realm

Verse 1 (13.96.1)

दानं यज्ञः क्रिया चेह किंस्वित्प्रेत्य महाफलम् । कस्य ज्यायः फलं प्रोक्तं कीदृशेभ्यः कथं कदा ॥

dānaṃ yajñaḥ kriyā ceha kiṃsvitpretya mahāphalam | kasya jyāyaḥ phalaṃ proktaṃ kīdṛśebhyaḥ kathaṃ kadā

Giving, sacrificing and performing rites: which of these brings the great reward after death? Whose fruit is declared the greater, and to what kind of recipients, in what manner and at what time should the gift be made?

Verse 2 (13.96.2)

एतदिच्छामि विज्ञातुं याथातथ्येन भारत । विद्वञ्जिज्ञासमानाय दानधर्मान्प्रचक्ष्व मे ॥

etadicchāmi vijñātuṃ yāthātathyena bhārata | vidvañjijñāsamānāya dānadharmānpracakṣva me

I wish to know this exactly as it is, O Bharata. I am eager to learn, O learned one; explain to me the duties of giving.

Note on the text: Corrected याथातथ्येनि → याथातथ्येन (misprint in Wikisource; the instrumental याथातथ्येन is required; CE yāthātathyena).

Verse 3 (13.96.3)

अन्तर्वेद्यां च यद्दत्तं श्रद्धया चानृशंस्यतः । किंस्विन्नैःश्रेयसं तात तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

antarvedyāṃ ca yaddattaṃ śraddhayā cānṛśaṃsyataḥ | kiṃsvinnaiḥśreyasaṃ tāta tanme brūhi pitāmaha

What is given inside the sacrificial enclosure, with faith and without cruelty: is that the highest good? Tell me this, dear grandfather.

Verse 4 (13.96.4)

रौद्रं कर्म क्षत्रियस्य सततं तात वर्तते । नास्य वैतानिकफलं विना दानं सुपावनम् ॥

raudraṃ karma kṣatriyasya satataṃ tāta vartate | nāsya vaitānikaphalaṃ vinā dānaṃ supāvanam

The work of a Kshatriya is always harsh, my child. For him there is no gift so purifying apart from the fruit of the Vedic rites.

Note on the text: Matches CE 13.60.4 only loosely (Wikisource नास्य वैतानिकफलं विना दानं सुपावनम् against CE tasya vaitānikaṃ karma dānaṃ caiveha pāvanam, line 2); recension variant, kept.

Verse 5 (13.96.5)

न तु पापकृतां राज्ञां याजका द्विजसत्तमाः । धने सत्यप्रदातॄणां प्रतिगृह्णन्ति साधवः ॥

na tu pāpakṛtāṃ rājñāṃ yājakā dvijasattamāḥ | dhane satyapradātṝṇāṃ pratigṛhṇanti sādhavaḥ

The priests, the best of the twice-born, do not accept gifts from kings who have done wrong; the good accept only from the wealth of those who give in truth.

Note on the text: Both lines are CE 13.60.5a with its star lines 13,060.005a*0335_01-02 (याजका द्विजसत्तमाः / धने सत्यप्रदातॄणाम्), worked into a couplet differently by Wikisource.

Verse 6 (13.96.6)

प्रतिगृह्णन्ति न तु चेद्यद्रोषादाप्तदक्षिणैः । एतस्मात्कारणाद्यज्ञैर्यजेद्राजाऽऽप्तदक्षिणैः ॥

pratigṛhṇanti na tu cedyadroṣādāptadakṣiṇaiḥ | etasmātkāraṇādyajñairyajedrājā''ptadakṣiṇaiḥ

But if, out of displeasure, they refuse to accept, then for that reason let the king offer sacrifices with the fees fully paid.

Note on the text: Line 2 (एतस्मात्कारणाद्यज्ञैर्यजेद्राजाऽऽप्तदक्षिणैः) is CE 13.60.5c; line 1 (प्रतिगृह्णन्ति न तु चेद्यद्रोषादाप्तदक्षिणैः) is not in the critical edition (vulgate only). The wording of line 1 is obscure; kept as printed.

Verse 7 (13.96.7)

अथ चेत्प्रतिगृह्णीयुर्दद्यादहरहर्नृपः । श्रद्धामास्थाय परमां पावनं ह्येतदुत्तमम् ॥

atha cetpratigṛhṇīyurdadyādaharaharnṛpaḥ | śraddhāmāsthāya paramāṃ pāvanaṃ hyetaduttamam

And if they do accept, let the king give day after day, resting on supreme faith; for this is the best of purifiers.

Note on the text: Corrected ह्येतुदुत्तमम् → ह्येतदुत्तमम् (misprint in Wikisource; the pronoun एतद् is required; CE etad uttamam).

Verse 8 (13.96.8)

ब्राह्मणांस्तर्पयन्द्रव्यैः स वै यज्ञोऽनुपद्रवः । मैत्रान्साधून्वेदविदः शीलवृत्ततपोर्जितान् ॥

brāhmaṇāṃstarpayandravyaiḥ sa vai yajño'nupadravaḥ | maitrānsādhūnvedavidaḥ śīlavṛttataporjitān

To satisfy brahmanas with wealth is a sacrifice free of any hindrance: to satisfy the friendly, the good, the knowers of the Veda, those rich in virtue, conduct and austerity.

Note on the text: Matches CE 13.60.7 with a recension variant in line 1 (Wikisource स वै यज्ञोऽनुपद्रवः against CE tato yajñe yatavrataḥ); kept.

Verse 9 (13.96.9)

यत्ते ते न करिष्यन्ति कृतं ते न भविष्यति । यज्ञान्साधय साधुभ्यः स्वाद्वन्नान्दक्षिणावतः ॥

yatte te na kariṣyanti kṛtaṃ te na bhaviṣyati | yajñānsādhaya sādhubhyaḥ svādvannāndakṣiṇāvataḥ

If they will not accept this from you, the merit will not be yours. So accomplish sacrifices for the good, with sweet food and with generous fees.

Note on the text: Matches CE 13.60.8 with a recension variant in line 1 (Wikisource यत्ते ते न करिष्यन्ति कृतं ते न भविष्यति against CE yat te tena kariṣyanti kṛtaṃ tena bhaviṣyati); kept.

Verse 10 (13.96.10)

इष्टं दत्तं च मन्येथा आत्मानं दानकर्मणा । पूजयेथा यायजूकांस्तवाप्यंशो भवेद्यथा ॥

iṣṭaṃ dattaṃ ca manyethā ātmānaṃ dānakarmaṇā | pūjayethā yāyajūkāṃstavāpyaṃśo bhavedyathā

By your act of giving, count yourself as one who has sacrificed and given. Honour those who perform sacrifices, so that you too may have a share in them.

Verse 11 (13.96.11)

विद्वद्भ्यः सम्प्रदानेन तत्राप्यंशोऽस्य पूजया । यज्वभ्यश्चाथ विद्वद्भ्यो दत्त्वा लोकं प्रदापयेत् । प्रदद्याज्ज्ञानदातॄणां ज्ञानदानांशभाग्भवेत् ॥

vidvadbhyaḥ sampradānena tatrāpyaṃśo'sya pūjayā | yajvabhyaścātha vidvadbhyo dattvā lokaṃ pradāpayet | pradadyājjñānadātṝṇāṃ jñānadānāṃśabhāgbhavet

By giving to the learned and honouring them, he too has a share in their merit. Having given to sacrificers and to the learned, he secures a world for himself. Let him give to those who impart knowledge, and he becomes a sharer in the gift of knowledge.

Note on the text: Stray wiki quote marks (backtick/apostrophe) removed. Corrected ज्ञानदानांशभाग्यभवेत् → ज्ञानदानांशभाग्भवेत् (misprint in Wikisource; the spurious य makes no word; भाग् भवेत् is required, CE jñānadānāṃśabhāg bhavet). A three-line verse. It is the CE star passage 13,060.009d*0336_01-03 (printed after 13.60.9), not in the constituted text.

Verse 12 (13.96.12)

प्रजावतो भरेथाश्च ब्राह्मणान्बहुभारिणः । प्रजावांस्तेन भवति यथा जनयिता तथा ॥

prajāvato bharethāśca brāhmaṇānbahubhāriṇaḥ | prajāvāṃstena bhavati yathā janayitā tathā

Maintain also brahmanas who have children and many dependents; through that you become one blessed with offspring, as though you were their begetter.

Verse 13 (13.96.13)

यावतः साधुधर्मान्वै सन्तः संवर्धयन्त्युत । सर्वस्वैश्चापि भर्तव्या नरा ये बहुकारिणः ॥

yāvataḥ sādhudharmānvai santaḥ saṃvardhayantyuta | sarvasvaiścāpi bhartavyā narā ye bahukāriṇaḥ

The good who foster the duties of the righteous, to whatever extent, and those men who do much good for others, are to be supported even with all one's possessions.

Note on the text: Matches CE 13.60.11 with a recension variant in line 1; kept.

Verse 14 (13.96.14)

समृद्धः सम्प्रयच्छ त्वं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो युधिष्ठिर । धेनूरनडुहोऽन्नानि च्छत्रं वासांस्युपानहौ ॥

samṛddhaḥ samprayaccha tvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhira | dhenūranaḍuho'nnāni cchatraṃ vāsāṃsyupānahau

Being prosperous, give to brahmanas, Yudhishthira: cows, oxen, food, an umbrella, clothes and sandals.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राह्म्णेभ्यो → ब्राह्मणेभ्यो (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct म्ण is broken; CE brāhmaṇebhyaḥ).

Verse 15 (13.96.15)

आज्यानि यजमानेभ्यस्तथाऽन्नानि च भारत । अश्ववन्ति च यानानि वेश्मानि शयनानि च ॥

ājyāni yajamānebhyastathā'nnāni ca bhārata | aśvavanti ca yānāni veśmāni śayanāni ca

Give ghee to those who sacrifice, and food as well, O Bharata; carriages with horses, houses and beds.

Verse 16 (13.96.16)

एते देयाः पुष्टिमद्भिर्लघूपायाश्च भारत । अजुगुप्सांश्च विज्ञाय ब्राह्मणान्वृत्तिकर्शितान् ॥

ete deyāḥ puṣṭimadbhirlaghūpāyāśca bhārata | ajugupsāṃśca vijñāya brāhmaṇānvṛttikarśitān

These are to be given by the prosperous, and even by those of slight means, O Bharata, once they recognise brahmanas as blameless and worn down by want of livelihood.

Verse 17 (13.96.17)

उपच्छन्नं प्रकाशं वा वृत्त्या तान्प्रतिपालय । राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्यां श्रेयस्तत्क्षत्रियान्प्रति ॥

upacchannaṃ prakāśaṃ vā vṛttyā tānpratipālaya | rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ śreyastatkṣatriyānprati

Support them with a livelihood, whether in secret or openly. For Kshatriyas this is better than the Rajasuya and Ashvamedha sacrifices.

Verse 18 (13.96.18)

एवं पापैर्विनिर्मुक्तस्त्वं पूतः स्वर्गमाप्स्यसि । सञ्चयित्वा पुनः कोशं यद्राष्ट्रं पालयिष्यसि ॥

evaṃ pāpairvinirmuktastvaṃ pūtaḥ svargamāpsyasi | sañcayitvā punaḥ kośaṃ yadrāṣṭraṃ pālayiṣyasi

Thus freed from sins and made pure, you will reach heaven, by building up the treasury again, since you will be protecting the kingdom.

Note on the text: Matches CE 13.60.16 with a recension variant in line 2 (Wikisource सञ्चयित्वा against CE sraṃsayitvā); kept.

Verse 19 (13.96.19)

तेन त्वं ब्रह्मभूयत्वमवाप्स्यसि धनानि च । आत्मनश्च परेषां च वृत्तिं संरक्ष भारत ॥

tena tvaṃ brahmabhūyatvamavāpsyasi dhanāni ca | ātmanaśca pareṣāṃ ca vṛttiṃ saṃrakṣa bhārata

By that you will attain union with Brahman, and wealth as well. Safeguard the livelihood of your own people and of others, O Bharata.

Verse 20 (13.96.20)

पुत्रवच्चापि भृत्यान्स्वान्प्रजाश्च परिपालय । योगः क्षेमश्च ते नित्यं ब्राह्मणेष्वस्तु भारत ॥

putravaccāpi bhṛtyānsvānprajāśca paripālaya | yogaḥ kṣemaśca te nityaṃ brāhmaṇeṣvastu bhārata

Cherish your servants and your subjects like sons. May the securing and keeping of what they need be always your care towards the brahmanas, O Bharata.

Note on the text: A square bracket printed in the base text (marking the edges of an interpolated passage) removed. The opening square bracket before line 2 marks the start of the passage that the critical edition prints only as star lines 13,060.018d*0337_01-27 (verses 21-33 below).

Verse 21 (13.96.21)

तदर्थं जीवितं तेऽस्तु मा तेभ्योऽप्रतिपालनम् । अनर्थो ब्राह्मणस्यैष यद्वित्तनिचयो महान् ॥

tadarthaṃ jīvitaṃ te'stu mā tebhyo'pratipālanam | anartho brāhmaṇasyaiṣa yadvittanicayo mahān

Let your life be for that end; let there be no neglect of them. A great hoard of wealth is a misfortune for a brahmana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_01-02 (printed after 13.60.18, within the passage Wikisource brackets as interpolated).

Verse 22 (13.96.22)

श्रिया ह्यभीक्ष्णं संवासो दर्पयेत्सम्प्रमोहयेत् । ब्राह्मणेषु प्रमूढेषु धर्मो विप्रणशेद्ध्रुवम् । धर्मप्रणाशे भूतानामभावः स्यान्न संशयः ॥

śriyā hyabhīkṣṇaṃ saṃvāso darpayetsampramohayet | brāhmaṇeṣu pramūḍheṣu dharmo vipraṇaśeddhruvam | dharmapraṇāśe bhūtānāmabhāvaḥ syānna saṃśayaḥ

For constant living with prosperity makes a man proud and bewilders him. When brahmanas are bewildered, dharma surely perishes, and when dharma perishes, beings cease to be, without doubt.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षिया → श्रिया (misprint in Wikisource; क्षिया is no word; CE śriyā). Corrected विप्रणशेद्धुवम् → विप्रणशेद्ध्रुवम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped र in ध्रुवम्; CE dhruvam). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_03-05.

Verse 23 (13.96.23)

यो रक्षिभ्यः सम्प्रदाय राजा राष्ट्रं विलुम्पति । यज्ञे राष्ट्राद्धनं तस्मादानयध्वमिति ब्रुवन् ॥

yo rakṣibhyaḥ sampradāya rājā rāṣṭraṃ vilumpati | yajñe rāṣṭrāddhanaṃ tasmādānayadhvamiti bruvan

The king who makes over the realm to his officers and then plunders it, saying, "Bring wealth from the realm for the sacrifice,"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_06-07 (with a variant: Wikisource आनयध्वमिति; CE yakṣye rāṣṭrād dhanaṃ tasmād ānayadhvam iti bruvan).

Verse 24 (13.96.24)

यच्चादाय तदाज्ञप्तं भीतं दत्तं सुदारुणम् । यजेद्राजा न तं यज्ञं प्रशंसन्त्यस्य साधवः ॥

yaccādāya tadājñaptaṃ bhītaṃ dattaṃ sudāruṇam | yajedrājā na taṃ yajñaṃ praśaṃsantyasya sādhavaḥ

and then sacrifices with what was taken on that command, handed over in fear and in dreadful distress: the good do not praise that sacrifice of his.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_08-09.

Verse 25 (13.96.25)

अपीडिताः सुसंवृद्धा ये ददत्यनुकूलतः । तादृशेनाप्युपायेन यष्टव्यं नोद्यमाहृतैः ॥

apīḍitāḥ susaṃvṛddhā ye dadatyanukūlataḥ | tādṛśenāpyupāyena yaṣṭavyaṃ nodyamāhṛtaiḥ

Let the king sacrifice by such means as the well-off give willingly, unoppressed; not with wealth gathered by forceful exertion.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_10-11.

Verse 26 (13.96.26)

यदा परिनिषिच्येत निहितो वै यथाविधि । तदा राजा महायज्ञैर्यजेत बहुदक्षिणैः ॥

yadā pariniṣicyeta nihito vai yathāvidhi | tadā rājā mahāyajñairyajeta bahudakṣiṇaiḥ

When the king, firmly established in his people's goodwill, has been duly consecrated, then he may perform great sacrifices with abundant fees.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_12-13.

Verse 27 (13.96.27)

वृद्धबालधनं रक्ष्यमन्धस्य कृपणस्य च । न खातपूर्वं कुर्वीत न रुदन्तीधनं हरेत् ॥

vṛddhabāladhanaṃ rakṣyamandhasya kṛpaṇasya ca | na khātapūrvaṃ kurvīta na rudantīdhanaṃ haret

The wealth of the aged, of children, of the blind and of the wretched must be guarded. He should not appropriate it, nor seize the property of one who weeps.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_14-15.

Verse 28 (13.96.28)

हृतं कृपणवित्तं हि राष्ट्रं हन्ति नृप श्रियम् । दद्याच्च महतो भोगान्क्षुद्भयं प्रणुदेत्सताम् ॥

hṛtaṃ kṛpaṇavittaṃ hi rāṣṭraṃ hanti nṛpa śriyam | dadyācca mahato bhogānkṣudbhayaṃ praṇudetsatām

Wealth taken from the wretched destroys the kingdom's prosperity, O king. Let him give great enjoyments, and remove the fear of hunger from the good.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_16-17.

Verse 29 (13.96.29)

येषां स्वादूनि भोज्यानि समवेक्ष्यन्ति बालकाः । नाश्नन्ति विधिवत्तानि किन्नु पापतरं ततः ॥

yeṣāṃ svādūni bhojyāni samavekṣyanti bālakāḥ | nāśnanti vidhivattāni kinnu pāpataraṃ tataḥ

Those whose children look at tasty food and do not get to eat it as they should: what is worse than that?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_18-19.

Verse 30 (13.96.30)

यदि ते तादृशो राष्ट्रे विद्वान्त्सीदेत्क्षुधा द्विजः । भ्रूणहत्यां च गच्छेथाः कृत्वा पापमिवोत्तमम् ॥

yadi te tādṛśo rāṣṭre vidvāntsīdetkṣudhā dvijaḥ | bhrūṇahatyāṃ ca gacchethāḥ kṛtvā pāpamivottamam

If in your kingdom such a learned brahmana were to suffer from hunger, you would incur the guilt of killing an unborn child, as if you had committed the gravest sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_20-21.

Verse 31 (13.96.31)

धिक्तस्य जीवितं राज्ञो राष्ट्रे यस्यावसीदति । द्विजोऽन्यो वा मनुष्योऽपि शिबिराह वचो यथा ॥

dhiktasya jīvitaṃ rājño rāṣṭre yasyāvasīdati | dvijo'nyo vā manuṣyo'pi śibirāha vaco yathā

Shame on the life of that king in whose realm a brahmana, or any other man, sinks in distress, as Shibi said.

Note on the text: Corrected मनुष्योपि → मनुष्योऽपि (misprint in Wikisource; missing avagraha; CE manuṣyo 'pi). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_22-23.

Verse 32 (13.96.32)

यस्य स्म विषये राज्ञः स्नातकः सीदति क्षुधा । अवृद्धिमेति तद्राष्ट्रं विन्दते सह राजकम् ॥

yasya sma viṣaye rājñaḥ snātakaḥ sīdati kṣudhā | avṛddhimeti tadrāṣṭraṃ vindate saha rājakam

In whatever king's land a snataka suffers from hunger, that kingdom falls into decline and at once meets a host of hostile kings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_24-25.

Verse 33 (13.96.33)

क्रोशन्त्यो यस्य वै राष्ट्राद्ध्रियन्ते तरसा स्त्रियः । क्रोशतां पतिपुत्राणां मृतोऽसौ न च जीवति ॥

krośantyo yasya vai rāṣṭrāddhriyante tarasā striyaḥ | krośatāṃ patiputrāṇāṃ mṛto'sau na ca jīvati

He from whose kingdom women are forcibly carried off as they cry out, while their husbands and sons cry out: that king is dead; he does not live.

Note on the text: A square bracket printed in the base text (marking the edges of an interpolated passage) removed. Not in the critical edition's constituted text: star lines 13,060.018d*0337_26-27, the last two lines of the passage; the closing square bracket printed here ends the bracketed passage.

Verse 34 (13.96.34)

अरक्षितारं हर्तारं विलोप्तारमनायकम् । तं वै राजकलिं हन्युः प्रजाः सन्नह्य निर्घृणं ॥

arakṣitāraṃ hartāraṃ viloptāramanāyakam | taṃ vai rājakaliṃ hanyuḥ prajāḥ sannahya nirghṛṇaṃ

A king who does not protect, who takes and plunders, and who gives no leadership: the subjects, uniting, should kill that merciless scourge of a king.

Verse 35 (13.96.35)

अहं वो रक्षितेत्युक्त्वा यो न रक्षति भूमिपः । स संहत्य निहन्तव्यः श्वेव सोन्माद आतुरः ॥

ahaṃ vo rakṣitetyuktvā yo na rakṣati bhūmipaḥ | sa saṃhatya nihantavyaḥ śveva sonmāda āturaḥ

The king who says, "I will protect you," and does not protect should be set upon and killed by all together, like a mad and sick dog.

Verse 36 (13.96.36)

पापं कुर्वन्ति यत्किञ्चित्प्रजा राज्ञा ह्यरक्षिताः । चतुर्थं तस्य पापस्य राजा विन्दति भारत ॥

pāpaṃ kurvanti yatkiñcitprajā rājñā hyarakṣitāḥ | caturthaṃ tasya pāpasya rājā vindati bhārata

Whatever sin the subjects commit when the king has not protected them, the king bears a fourth of that sin, O Bharata.

Verse 37 (13.96.37)

अथाहुः सर्वमेवैति भूयोऽर्धमिति निश्चयः । चतुर्थं मतमस्माकं मनोः श्रुत्वानुशासनम् ॥

athāhuḥ sarvamevaiti bhūyo'rdhamiti niścayaḥ | caturthaṃ matamasmākaṃ manoḥ śrutvānuśāsanam

Some say that all of it falls on him; others settle on more, a half. Our view, having heard Manu's teaching, is a fourth.

Verse 38 (13.96.38)

शुभं वा यच्च कुर्वन्ति प्रजा राज्ञा सुरक्षिताः । चतुर्थं तस्य पुण्यस्य राजा चाप्नोति भारत ॥

śubhaṃ vā yacca kurvanti prajā rājñā surakṣitāḥ | caturthaṃ tasya puṇyasya rājā cāpnoti bhārata

And whatever good the subjects do when well protected by the king, the king too gains a fourth of that merit, O Bharata.

Verse 39 (13.96.39)

जीवन्तं त्वानुजीवन्तु प्रजाः सर्वा युधिष्ठिर । पर्जन्यमिव भूतानि महाद्रुममिवाण्डजाः ॥

jīvantaṃ tvānujīvantu prajāḥ sarvā yudhiṣṭhira | parjanyamiva bhūtāni mahādrumamivāṇḍajāḥ

Let all the subjects live on your living, Yudhishthira, as creatures live on the rain-cloud, and birds on a great tree.

Verse 40 (13.96.40)

कुबेरमिव रक्षांसि शतक्रतुमिवामराः । ज्ञातयस्त्वाऽनुजीवन्तु सुहृदश्च परन्तप ॥

kuberamiva rakṣāṃsi śatakratumivāmarāḥ | jñātayastvā'nujīvantu suhṛdaśca parantapa

Let your kinsmen and friends live on you, O scorcher of foes, as the Rakshasas live on Kubera and the immortals on Indra.