Shloka 8
कुशनाभकन्याशतविवाहः — The Marriage of Kuśanābha’s Hundred Daughters
and the Birth of Brahmadatta
क्षमा दानं क्षमा यज्ञः क्षमा सत्यं हि पुत्रिका:।।1.33.8।।क्षमा यश: क्षमा धर्म: क्षमया निष्ठितं जगत्।
kṣamā dānaṁ kṣamā yajñaḥ kṣamā satyaṁ hi putrikāḥ | kṣamā yaśaḥ kṣamā dharmaḥ kṣamayā niṣṭhitaṁ jagat || 1.33.8 ||
হে কন্যাগণ! ক্ষমাই দান, ক্ষমাই যজ্ঞ, ক্ষমাই সত্য। ক্ষমাই যশ, ক্ষমাই ধর্ম—ক্ষমার উপরেই এই জগৎ প্রতিষ্ঠিত॥
"Forbearance is charity, forbearance is sacrifice, forbearance is truth, forbearance is glory and forbearance is virtue. O daughters, the universe is supported by forbearance".
FAQs
Kṣamā is presented as the root of multiple dharmic goods—dāna, yajña, satya, yaśas, and dharma itself—suggesting that social and spiritual order depends on disciplined restraint rather than retaliation.
The king explicitly instructs his daughters, turning their lived experience into a moral teaching about the sustaining power of forbearance.
Kṣamā as a comprehensive virtue that supports truthfulness (satya) and righteous living (dharma).