Shloka 24
Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: Abhaya, Anugraha, and the Ethics of Honoring the Worthy (दानश्रेष्ठता: अभय-अनुग्रह-विप्रपूजा)
धनोत्सर्गेडपि च कृते न त्वां क्रोध: प्रधर्षयत्,प्रीत्यर्थ तव चैतन्मे स्वर्गसंदर्शनं कृतम् । फिर जब मैं तुम्हारा धन लुटाने लगा, उस समय भी तुम क्रोधके वशीभूत नहीं हुए। इन सब बातोंसे मुझे तुम्हारे ऊपर बड़ी प्रसन्नता हुई। राजन! मनुजेश्वर! अतः मैंने पत्नीसहित तुम्हें संतुष्ट करनेके लिये ही इस वनमें स्वर्गका दर्शन कराया है। पुनः: यह सब कार्य करनेका उददेश्य तुम्हें प्रसन्न करना ही था, इस बातको अच्छी तरह जान लो
dhanotsarge 'pi ca kṛte na tvāṁ krodhaḥ pradharṣayat | prītyarthaṁ tava caitan me svargasaṁdarśanaṁ kṛtam ||
Even when I set about taking away your wealth, anger did not overpower you. This very fact pleased me greatly. Therefore, O king, lord among men, I caused you—together with your wife—to behold heaven in this forest, solely to gratify you. Know well that the purpose behind all these acts was only to give you satisfaction.
च्यवन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True virtue is shown by restraint: even under provocation and material loss, one should not be conquered by anger. Such self-mastery becomes the basis for honor, divine favor, and higher attainments.
Cyavana explains that he deliberately created a situation where the king’s wealth was taken away to test him. Seeing that the king did not succumb to anger, Cyavana became pleased and therefore granted the king (with his wife) a vision of heaven in the forest as a reward and reassurance.