Shloka 20
Śāṇḍilī–Sumanā-saṃvāda: Sat-strī-samudācāra and Pati-dharma
Conduct of the Virtuous Wife
त्वं हि तात महाबुद्धे सुखमेष्यसि शोभनम् । सुखात् सुखतरप्राप्तिमाप्रुते मतिमान्नर:,तात! महाबुद्धे! तुमको इस दानके कारण उत्तम सुखकी प्राप्ति होगी। बुद्धिमान् मनुष्य दान करके उत्तरोत्तर सुख प्राप्त करता है
tvaṁ hi tāta mahābuddhe sukham eṣyasi śobhanam | sukhāt sukhataraprāptim āprute matimān naraḥ ||
Vyāsa said: “O dear one, O great-minded man, through this act of giving you will attain excellent happiness. A wise person, by giving, gains ever greater happiness—moving from happiness to still higher happiness.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Generosity (dāna) is presented as a dharmic act that yields increasing well-being: giving does not merely bring happiness once, but becomes a cause for progressively greater happiness for the wise.
Vyāsa addresses an unnamed listener affectionately and instructs him that the specific act of giving just performed (or being urged) will result in auspicious happiness, reinforcing the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader teaching on dāna-dharma.