Shloka 13

Śāṇḍilī–Sumanā-saṃvāda: Sat-strī-samudācāra and Pati-dharma

Conduct of the Virtuous Wife

Devanagari script

तृषितस्तृषिताय त्वं दत्त्वैतद्‌ दर्शन॑ं मम । अजैषीर्महतो लोकान्‌ महायज्ञैरिव प्रभो

Transliteration

tṛṣitas tṛṣitāya tvaṃ dattvaitad darśanaṃ mama | ajaiṣīr mahato lokān mahāyajñair iva prabho ||

Translation

Dijo Vyāsa: «Cuando me consumían el hambre y la sed, me saciaste dándome alimento y agua; lo veo con mis propios ojos. Por el poder de ese mérito, oh señor, has conquistado grandes moradas celestiales—moradas que, de otro modo, se alcanzan mediante poderosos sacrificios».

Word by Word

• {'tṛṣitaḥ': 'thirsting

• parched (also implying hunger in context)', 'tṛṣitāya': 'to one who is thirsty (dative)', 'tvam': 'you', 'dattvā': 'having given', 'etad': 'this', 'darśanam': 'vision

• what is seen', 'mama': 'of me

• to me', 'ajaiṣīḥ': 'you conquered

• you won (2nd person singular perfect)', 'mahataḥ': 'great

• vast', 'lokān': 'worlds

• realms (often heavenly abodes)', 'mahāyajñaiḥ': 'by great sacrifices (instrumental plural)', 'iva': 'as if

• like', 'prabho': 'O lord

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Simple, timely charity—especially feeding and giving water to one in need—can yield spiritual merit comparable to (or surpassing) the results of grand sacrificial rites; compassion expressed through direct service is a powerful form of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses a revered person as “prabhu,” recalling that when Vyāsa was afflicted by hunger and thirst, the person gave him food and water. Vyāsa then declares that he can directly perceive the karmic fruit of that act: the recipient has attained victory over great heavenly realms, as though by performing major sacrifices.