Shloka 34
Vidura’s Message to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: Authorization for Dāna and Public Welfare (विदुरवाक्यम्—दानानुज्ञा)
कामगेन विमानेन दिव्याभरण भूषित: । ऋषिपुत्रो महाभागस्तपसा दग्धकिल्बिष:
kāmagena vimānena divyābharaṇa-bhūṣitaḥ | ṛṣiputro mahābhāgas tapasā dagdha-kilbiṣaḥ ||
Paré d’ornements divins, il montera un char céleste qui se meut selon le désir. Ce bienheureux fils de rishi, dont les fautes ont été consumées par l’austérité, atteindra des états sublimes.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Tapas—disciplined austerity and restraint—can burn away kilbiṣa (moral taint), indicating that sincere spiritual effort has purificatory power and can reshape one’s karmic outcome.
Nārada describes an exalted posthumous state: the blessed figure, purified by austerity, is envisioned as adorned with divine ornaments and traveling in a wish-moving celestial chariot—imagery of honor, purification, and heavenly mobility.