Shloka 26
Adhyāya 270 — Yudhiṣṭhira’s inquiry on saṃnyāsa; Bhīṣma on calculable time, tamas, and karma
Vṛtra–Uśanā exemplum begins
भक्ताय नाहमिच्छामि भवेदेष तु धार्मिक: । धर्मेडस्य रमतां बुद्धिर्धर्म चैवोपजीवतु । धर्मप्रधानो भवतु ममैषो<नुग्रहो मतः
bhaktāya nāham icchāmi bhaved eṣa tu dhārmikaḥ | dharme 'sya ramatāṃ buddhir dharmaṃ caivopajīvatu | dharmapradhāno bhavatu mamaiṣo 'nugraho mataḥ ||
Kuṇḍadhāra sprach: „Ich begehre keinen Reichtum für meinen Verehrer. Er möge vielmehr wahrhaft rechtschaffen werden. Sein Verständnis möge sich am Dharma erfreuen, und er möge sein Leben allein durch den Dharma erhalten. Der Dharma soll das herrschende Prinzip seines Lebens sein — das ist, wie ich meine, die größte Gunst, die man ihm gewähren kann.“
कुण्डधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
The highest blessing is not material wealth but a life rooted in dharma: a mind that delights in righteousness and a livelihood sustained by ethical conduct.
Kuṇḍadhāra, speaking in a boon-giving context, refuses to ask for riches for his devotee and instead requests a moral-spiritual boon: that the devotee become steadfastly dharmic and live with dharma as the foremost priority.