यक्ष्यमाणोऽश्वमेधेन ज्ञातिद्रोहजिहासया । राजा लब्धधनो दध्यौ नान्यत्र करदण्डयो: ॥ ३२ ॥
yaksyamano ’svamedhena jnati-droha-jihasaya raja labdha-dhano dadhyau nanyatra kara-dandayoh
- yaksyamanah
- desiring to perform
- asvamedhena
- by the horse sacrifice ceremony
- jnati-droha
- fighting with kinsmen
- jihasaya
- for getting free
- raja
- King Yudhisthira
- labdha-dhanah
- for getting some wealth
- dadhyau
- thought about it
- na anyatra
- not otherwise
- kara-dandayoh
- taxes and fines.
Just at this time, King Yudhisthira was considering performing a horse sacrifice to get freed from sins incurred from fighting with kinsmen. But he became anxious to get some wealth, for there were no surplus funds outside of fines and tax collection.