Shloka 8936
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
कृच्छूकाले ततः स्वर्गो विजित: कर्मणा त्वया । “इस प्राण-संकटके समय भी यह सब सत्तू तुमने शुद्ध हृदयसे दान किया है; इसलिये तुमने उस पुण्यकर्मके प्रभावसे स्वर्गलोकपर विजय प्राप्त कर ली है
kṛcchūkāle tataḥ svargo vijitaḥ karmaṇā tvayā |
Le beau-père dit : «Même en ce temps de péril extrême, tu as donné toute cette farine grillée avec un cœur pur. Ainsi, par la puissance de ce mérite, tu as conquis le ciel lui-même.»
श्षशुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A gift made with sincere intention, especially during personal hardship, becomes exceptionally meritorious; inner purity and self-sacrifice elevate the act beyond its material value, yielding the highest spiritual reward symbolized as ‘conquering heaven’.
The father-in-law addresses the listener, praising that even in a life-threatening crisis they donated their meager food (sattū) with a pure heart, and declares that this single virtuous deed has earned them victory over Svarga (the heavenly realm).