Shloka 25
Jayadratha-rakṣā: Conch Signals and Encirclement of Arjuna
Chapter 79
ब्राह्मणेभ्य: शरण्येभ्यो निधिं निदधतां च या । या चापि न्यस्तदण्डानां तां गतिं व्रज पुत्रक,“जो शरणागतवत्सल ब्राह्मणोंके लिये निधि स्थापित करते हैं तथा किसी भी प्राणीको दण्ड नहीं देते, उन्हें जिस गतिकी प्राप्ति होती है, बेटा! वही गति तुम्हें भी प्राप्त हो
brāhmaṇebhyaḥ śaraṇyebhyo nidhiṃ nidadhatāṃ ca yā | yā cāpi nyastadaṇḍānāṃ tāṃ gatiṃ vraja putraka ||
Sañjaya said: “May you, dear son, attain that very destiny which is gained by those who, being a refuge to Brahmins, establish endowments for them, and who, having laid aside the rod of punishment, do not harm any living being.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises two dharmic ideals—supporting and protecting Brahmins through charitable endowments, and practicing non-violence by renouncing punitive harm—and blesses the listener to attain the same exalted spiritual destiny earned by such conduct.
Sañjaya speaks a benedictory statement addressed to “son,” invoking the merit and final attainment (gati) of charitable, non-violent protectors of Brahmins and wishing that the addressee reach that same state.