Shloka 13
धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति व्यवहार-रक्षा-नियमनोपदेशः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Instruction on Administration, Punishment, and Daily Governance
मा तेडन्यत् पुरुषव्याप्र दानादू भवतु दर्शनम्
mā te 'nyat puruṣavyāghra dānād bhavatu darśanam
Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Oh tigre entre los hombres, que no haya para ti otra visión sino la que nace del dar; que tu encuentro quede definido únicamente por la generosidad.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates dāna (generosity) as a primary dharmic lens: one should seek and value encounters shaped by giving rather than by self-interest, hostility, or display. It frames charity as an ethically purifying act that governs how one is seen and how one sees others.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a heroic figure (“puruṣavyāghra”), urging that the defining ‘darśana’—the significant meeting or outcome—should arise from dāna. In the Ashramavāsika context, this aligns with the post-war moral atmosphere where duty turns toward restraint, expiation, and beneficence.