Shloka 56
Determination of the Householder’s Dharma
Dāna: Types, Recipients, Timing, and Fruits
तस्माद्विप्राय दातव्यं श्रोत्रियाय द्विजातिभिः । स्वर्गाय भूतिकामेन तथा पापोपशांतये
tasmādviprāya dātavyaṃ śrotriyāya dvijātibhiḥ | svargāya bhūtikāmena tathā pāpopaśāṃtaye
সেয়েহে দ্বিজসকলে শ্ৰোত্ৰিয়, বেদজ্ঞ ব্ৰাহ্মণক দান দিব লাগে; স্বৰ্গ আৰু সমৃদ্ধি কামনা কৰা আৰু পাপ-উপশান্তিৰ বাবে এই দান কৰোঁক।
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Concept: Twice-born householders should give to a śrotriya (Veda-trained) brāhmaṇa for svarga, prosperity, and sin-pacification.
Application: Support genuine teachers and institutions that preserve śāstra and ethical living; give with discernment, humility, and without transactional pride; dedicate the act to Viṣṇu for inner purification.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: तस्माद्विप्राय = तस्मात् विप्राय; पापोपशांतये = पाप-उपशान्तये.
FAQs
A śrotriya is a person properly trained in Vedic learning and tradition. The verse emphasizes that gifts offered to such a qualified recipient are considered especially meritorious and supportive of dharma.
The verse highlights three aims: attainment of heaven (svarga), worldly prosperity or well-being (bhūti), and the pacification or reduction of sins (pāpopaśānti).
It teaches that giving should be purposeful and dharmic—supporting genuine learning and virtue—while cultivating merit, social responsibility, and moral purification.