O descendant of Bharata, their ambition is unlimited; it is for this the Kurus and the Pandavas are trying, to get possession of the earth by negotiations, by disunion, by gift and by battle. O foremost of men, if earth be properly treated, she becomes the father, the mother, the children, the sky and the heaven of all creatures.
न चापि तृप्ति: कामानां विद्यतेऽद्यापि कस्यचित्।।७४। तस्मात् परिग्रहे भूमेर्यतन्ते कुरुपाण्डवाः। साम्ना भेदेन दानेन दण्डेनैव च भारत॥ पिता भ्राता च पुत्राश्च खं द्योश्च नरपुङ्गव। भूमिर्भवति भूतानां सम्यगच्छिद्रदर्शना॥