Shloka 256
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
prītyarthaṁ tava caitanmē svargasaṁdarśanaṁ kṛtam |
Chyavana said: “This vision of heaven was shown to you solely to please you. Even when I began to take away your wealth, you did not fall under the sway of anger. Seeing all this, I became greatly delighted with you. Therefore, O king, lord among men, I caused you—together with your wife—to behold heaven here in this forest, with the single aim of satisfying you. Know well that the purpose of all these acts was only to gladden you.”
च्यवन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True virtue is shown by self-mastery: even when provoked by loss or insult, one should not be ruled by anger. Such forbearance and steadiness in dharma become the basis for divine favor and higher reward.
Sage Chyavana explains that he deliberately arranged a situation that could provoke the king—such as the taking away of wealth—to test his temperament. Because the king remained unangered, Chyavana was pleased and therefore granted him (with his wife) a vision of heaven in the forest, clarifying that the entire sequence was meant to satisfy and honor him.