Shloka 1
Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: Abhaya, Anugraha, and the Ethics of Honoring the Worthy (दानश्रेष्ठता: अभय-अनुग्रह-विप्रपूजा)
अफ्-४-णका+ पञ्चपञज्चाशत्तमो<् ध्याय: च्यवनका कुशिकके पूछनेपर उनके घरमें अपने निवासका कारण बताना और उन्हें वरदान देना च्यवन उवाच वरश्न गृह्मतां मत्तो यश्न ते संशयो हृदि । त॑ प्रब्रूहि नरश्रेष्ठ सर्व सम्पादयामि ते
Cyavana uvāca: varaś ca gṛhyatāṁ matto yaś ca te saṁśayo hṛdi | taṁ prabrūhi naraśreṣṭha sarvaṁ sampādayāmi te ||
চ্যবন বললেন—হে নরশ্রেষ্ঠ, আমার কাছ থেকে এক বর চাও; আর তোমার হৃদয়ে যে সংশয় আছে, তাও বলো। আমি তোমার সকল উদ্দেশ্য সম্পূর্ণ করে দেব।
च्यवन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A worthy guide invites honest disclosure of inner doubt and responds with compassionate, capability-backed support—boons are framed not as mere gifts but as the fulfillment of rightful aims through clarity and trust.
Sage Cyavana addresses a noble interlocutor, urging him to ask for a boon and to voice any lingering uncertainty in his heart, promising to resolve the doubt and accomplish what is needed.