Shloka 14
ततो दानपवित्रेण प्रीतो5स्मि तपसैव च । पुण्यस्यैव हि ते सत्त्वं पुण्यस्यैव च दर्शनम्,इस दानके द्वारा पवित्र हुई तुम्हारी तपस्यासे मैं बहुत संतुष्ट हुआ हूँ। तुम्हारा बल पुण्यका ही बल है और तुम्हारा दर्शन भी पुण्यका ही दर्शन है
tato dānapavitreṇa prīto ’smi tapasāiva ca | puṇyasyaiva hi te sattvaṃ puṇyasyaiva ca darśanam ||
“Therefore, I am deeply pleased with you—both by your austerity and by that austerity being sanctified through giving. Indeed, your strength is nothing but the strength born of merit, and your vision too is a vision grounded in merit.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Austerity (tapas) becomes truly fruitful when purified and completed by generosity (dāna). Moral power and spiritual clarity are portrayed as arising from puṇya—merit earned through righteous conduct—rather than from mere self-denial.
Vyāsa addresses the listener with approval, praising their disciplined practice and emphasizing that their inner strength and spiritual vision are rooted in merit, especially because their austerity is sanctified through acts of giving.