Shloka 7
ऋत्विग्धर्मः, दक्षिणा-न्यायः, तपसः परमार्थः
Ritvij-Dharma, the Norm of Dakṣiṇā, and the Higher Meaning of Tapas
युधिछिर उवाच यदिदं वेदवचनं दक्षिणासु विधीयते । इदं देयमिदं देयं न क्वचिद् व्यवतिष्ठते,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--भारत! यह जो यज्ञसम्बन्धी दक्षिणाके विषयमें वेदवाक्य उपलब्ध होता है कि “यह भी देना चाहिये, यह भी देना चाहिये” यह वाक्य किसी सीमित वस्तुपर अवलम्बित नहीं है
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | yad idaṃ vedavacanaṃ dakṣiṇāsu vidhīyate | idaṃ deyam idaṃ deyam na kvacid vyavatiṣṭhate ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “This Vedic injunction concerning sacrificial fees (dakṣiṇā) keeps declaring, ‘This should be given, this should be given,’ yet it does not settle upon any fixed limit. In matters of giving, the command seems boundless—how, then, is one to understand its proper measure and rule?”
युधिछिर उवाच