Shloka 11
धृतराष्ट्रोपदेशः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Instruction on Rājadharma and Bala
ब्रह्मदेयाग्रहारांश्व॒ पुत्राणामौर्ध्वदेहिकम् । इतो रत्नानि गाश्चैव दासीदासमजाविकम्
brahmadeyāgrahārāṁś ca putrāṇām aurdhvadehikam | ito ratnāni gāś caiva dāsīdāsam ajāvikam ||
(उसने) ब्राह्मणों को ब्रह्मदेय और कर-मुक्त ग्राम (अग्रहार) दिये, तथा पुत्रों के लिये और्ध्वदेहिक कर्म (श्राद्धादि) किये। फिर उसने रत्न, गौएँ, दासी-दास, और बकरियाँ-भेड़ें भी दान में दे दीं।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma through two linked duties: honoring the dead via aurdhvadehika rites and practicing dāna (charitable giving). It presents ethical kingship and household responsibility as expressed through ritual propriety and redistribution of wealth.
The narrator describes a sequence of acts: arrangements of Brahmin endowments and agrahāras, performance of the sons’ post-funeral rites, and subsequent gifting of valuables and livestock (and household dependents) as part of formal charity and settling of obligations.