Shloka 30
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
सपुण्यानसपुण्यांश्च क्षुत्क्षामान् तृट्परिप्लुतान् ।
पिण्डोदकप्रदानेन नरः कर्मण्यवस्थितः ॥
sapuṇyān asapuṇyāṃś ca kṣut-kṣāmān tṛṭ-pariplutān / piṇḍodaka-pradānena naraḥ karmaṇy avasthitaḥ //
তেওঁলোক পুণ্যবান হওক বা নহওক, ক্ষুধাত ক্ষীণ হওক বা তৃষ্ণাত পীড়িত—পিণ্ড আৰু জল দান কৰি ধৰ্মনিষ্ঠ মানুহে তেওঁলোকক ধাৰণ-পোষণ কৰে।
FAQs
Ritual giving is presented as humanitarian across moral status: one’s duty is to support the departed without judging their merit. Dharma functions as care, not merely reward.
Dharma-upadeśa embedded in narrative (Anucarita).
Hunger and thirst signify subtle deprivation in post-mortem states; piṇḍa and udaka become archetypes of ‘form’ and ‘life-fluid’ offered back into the ancestral stream, restoring balance.