Shloka 23
Adhyaya 24 — Kuvalayashva’s Refusal of Gifts and the Vision of Madalasa’s Maya
अश्वतर उवाच एवम् भविष्यति प्राज्ञ ! तव धर्माश्रिता मतिः ।
सत्यञ्चैतत् फलं सर्वं धर्मस्योक्तं यथा त्वया ॥
aśvatara uvāca evaṃ bhaviṣyati prājña! tava dharmāśritā matiḥ / satyañ caitat phalaṃ sarvaṃ dharmasyoktaṃ yathā tvayā
قال أشفَتارا: «ليكن الأمر كذلك، أيها الحكيم—إن ذهنك راسخ في الدارما. وحقًّا إن ثمرة الدارما هذه كلّها صادقة، كما نطقتَ.»
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FAQs
Dharma is confirmed as both true and efficacious; wisdom is defined as a mind ‘taking refuge’ in dharma rather than opportunism.
Dialogue-based dharma exposition; not pancalakṣaṇa.
The ‘confirmation’ functions like dīkṣā-by-word: authoritative assent stabilizes the listener’s conviction, itself a subtle cause for future right action.