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Shloka 34

Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa

पात्रे दानं स्वल्पमपि काले दत्तं युधिष्ठिर मनसा हि विशुद्धेन प्रेत्यानन्तफलं स्मृतम्‌,युधिष्ठिर! यदि विशुद्ध मनसे उत्तम समयपर सत्पात्रको थोड़ा-सा भी दान दिया गया हो तो वह परलोकमें अनन्त फल देनेवाला माना गया है

pātre dānaṃ svalpam api kāle dattaṃ yudhiṣṭhira manasā hi viśuddhena pretyānantaphalaṃ smṛtam | yudhiṣṭhira! yadi viśuddhamanase uttamasamaye satpātrako thoḍā-sā bhī dāna diyā gayā ho to vah paralok meṃ anant phal dene-vālā mānā gayā hai |

قال فياسا: «يا يودهيشثيرا، إن هبةً يسيرةً إذا قُدِّمت في الوقت اللائق لمن يستحق، وبذهنٍ مطهَّر، ذُكرت بأنها تُثمر ثمراً لا نهاية له بعد الموت. فإذا كان القصد صافياً، فإن إعطاء القليل لمن هو أهلٌ له في لحظةٍ مباركة يُعدّ جالباً لثوابٍ لا يُحصى في الدار الآخرة».

पात्रेin/into a worthy recipient (vessel)
पात्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपात्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
दानम्a gift, donation
दानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्वल्पम्small, little
स्वल्पम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वल्प
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
कालेat the proper time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
दत्तम्given
दत्तम्:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मनसाwith the mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
विशुद्धेनpure, purified
विशुद्धेन:
TypeAdjective
Rootविशुद्ध
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
प्रेत्यafter death, having departed
प्रेत्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र + इ
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्यय (gerund), irregular form
अनन्तफलम्endless fruit/result
अनन्तफलम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअनन्तफल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्मृतम्is considered/remembered (as)
स्मृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ
Formक्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that the moral quality of giving depends not on quantity but on three factors: the worthiness of the recipient (pātra), the appropriateness of the time (kāla), and the purity of the giver’s intention (viśuddha-manas). Even a small gift given under these conditions yields limitless merit in the afterlife.

Vyāsa addresses Yudhiṣṭhira in a didactic passage, instructing him on dāna-dharma (the ethics of charity). The focus is on how properly directed giving becomes spiritually potent and produces enduring results beyond this life.