Shloka 22
स्वर्ग येन द्विजा: प्राप्त: सभार्य: ससुतस्नुष: । यथा चार्थ शरीरस्य ममेदं काउ्चनीकृतम्,“ब्राह्मणो! उस दानके प्रभावसे पत्नी, पुत्र और पुत्रवधूसहित उन द्विजश्रेष्ठने जिस प्रकार स्वर्गलोकपर अधिकार पा लिया और वहाँ जिस तरह उन्होंने मेरा यह आधा शरीर सुवर्णमय कर दिया, वह प्रसंग बता रहा हूँ!
svargaṁ yena dvijāḥ prāptaḥ sabhāryaḥ sasuta-snuṣaḥ | yathā cārtha-śarīrasya mamedam kāñcanīkṛtam ||
Vaiśaṁpāyana said: “O Brāhmaṇa, I shall relate the episode of how, through that act of giving, those excellent twice-born men—together with their wives, sons, and daughters-in-law—attained rightful access to heaven; and how, once there, they caused this half of my body to become golden. I will narrate it just as it happened.”
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical power of dāna (generous giving): meritorious charity can elevate not only the giver but also the household (wife, children, daughters-in-law), leading to heavenly attainment and extraordinary auspicious results.
Vaiśaṁpāyana introduces a forthcoming account: he will explain how certain dvijas, through a particular gift, reached heaven with their families and how, in that context, ‘half of my body’ became golden—setting up a miraculous consequence tied to merit.