Mahabharata 7.79.24 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 79, Shloka 24
Jayadratha-rakṣā: Conch Signals and Encirclement of Arjuna
Chapter 79
गोसहस्रप्रदातृणां क्रतुदानां च या गति: । नैवेशिकं चाभिमतं ददतां या गति: शुभा
go-sahasra-pradātṝṇāṁ kratu-dānāṁ ca yā gatiḥ | naivaśikaṁ cābhimataṁ dadatāṁ yā gatiḥ śubhā ||
قال سانجيا: «لَعَلَّكَ تنال المصير الميمون نفسه الذي يناله من يهب ألف بقرة، ومن يقدّم العطايا لأجل اليَجْنَة، ومن يمنح مسكنًا مُهيّأً بكل ما يُشتهى. فلتكن تلك المثوبة المباركة لك أيضًا.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse affirms the dharmic principle that generous giving—especially high-merit gifts like cows, sacrificial support, and providing a well-equipped dwelling—leads to an auspicious ‘gati’ (spiritual destiny). It functions as a benediction, extending that same merit and blessing to the addressed person.
In Sañjaya’s report within the Drona Parva war narrative, this line appears as a formal blessing: he invokes the auspicious reward traditionally associated with major acts of charity, wishing that the same blessed outcome accrue to the person being addressed.
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