स वै रत्नं तु तद् दृष्ट्वा आत्मैश्वर्यातिशायनम् । तन्नाद्रियताग्निहोत्र्यां साभिलाष: सहैहय: ॥ २५ ॥
sa vai ratnam tu tad drstva atmaisvaryatisayanam tan nadriyatagnihotryam sabhilasah sahaihayah
- sah
- he (Kartaviryarjuna)
- vai
- indeed
- ratnam
- a great source of wealth
- tu
- indeed
- tat
- the kamadhenu in the possession of Jamadagni
- drstva
- by observing
- atma-aisvarya
- his own personal opulence
- ati-sayanam
- which was exceeding
- tat
- that
- na
- not
- adriyata
- appreciated very much
- agnihotryam
- in that cow, which was useful for executing the agnihotra sacrifice
- sa-abhilasah
- became desirous
- sa-haihayah
- with his own men, the Haihayas
Kartaviryarjuna thought that Jamadagni was more powerful and wealthy than himself because of possessing a jewel in the form of the kamadhenu. Therefore he and his own men, the Haihayas, were not very much appreciative of Jamadagni’s reception. On the contrary, they wanted to possess that kamadhenu, which was useful for the execution of the agnihotra sacrifice.