Shloka 21
अनुभूतं च दृष्टं च यन्मयाद्भुतमुत्तमम् | उज्छवृत्तेवदान्यस्य कुरुक्षेत्रनिवासिन:,“कुरक्षेत्रनिवासी उज्छवृत्तिधारी दानी ब्राह्मणके सम्बन्धमें मैंने जो कुछ देखा और अनुभव किया है, वह बड़ा ही उत्तम एवं अदभुत है”
Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | anubhūtaṃ ca dṛṣṭaṃ ca yan mayādbhutam uttamam | ucchavṛttivedānyasya kurukṣetranivāsinaḥ ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “What I personally experienced and what I witnessed—an excellent and truly wondrous account—concerns a generous brāhmaṇa of austere livelihood who dwelt at Kurukṣetra.”
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical exemplar: true excellence can appear in a life of strict simplicity (ucchavṛtti) joined with generosity (dāna). Moral worth is measured not by abundance but by disciplined livelihood and the will to give.
Vaiśaṃpāyana introduces a remarkable episode he both witnessed and experienced, centered on a generous brāhmaṇa living at Kurukṣetra with an austere means of subsistence, preparing the listener for an instructive account of dharma in practice.