Shloka 36
जनक-राज्ञः मौण्ड्य-परिव्रज्या-विवादः
Janaka’s Renunciation Questioned; Discourse on Dāna and Detachment
अग्न्याधेयानि गुर्वर्थ क्रतूनपि सुदक्षिणान् । ददात्यहरह: पूर्व को नु धर्मरतस्तत:,'जो प्रतिदिन पहले गुरुके लिये अग्निहोत्रार्थ समिधा लाता है; फिर उत्तम दक्षिणाओंसे युक्त यज्ञ एवं दान करता रहता है, उससे बढ़कर धर्मपरायण कौन होगा?”
agnyādheyāni gurvarthaṃ kratūn api sudakṣiṇān | dadāty aharahaḥ pūrvaḥ ko nu dharmaratas tataḥ ||
Arjuna said: “Who could be more devoted to dharma than the one who, day after day, first brings the fuel-sticks for his teacher’s sacred fire (for the agnihotra), and then continues to perform sacrifices furnished with excellent priestly fees and to give gifts? Such a person places service to the guru and the sustaining of sacred rites before all else.”
अजुन उवाच