Shloka 1246
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
सहसंर॑ तुभ्यमित्युक्त्वा ब्राह्मणान् सम्प्रपद्यते । “राजा अपने विशाल यज्ञमें ब्राह्मणोंको सोनेके निष्क दिया करते थे। वहाँ द्विजलोग पुकार-पुकारकर कहते कि “ब्राह्मणो! यह तुम्हारे लिये निष्क है
sahasraṃ tubhyam ity uktvā brāhmaṇān samprapadyate |
Vāyu berkata: “Dalam yajña agung itu, sang raja menganugerahkan niṣka emas kepada para brāhmaṇa. Para dwija berulang kali berseru, ‘Wahai brāhmaṇa! Niṣka ini untukmu, niṣka ini untukmu,’ namun tak seorang pun maju untuk menerimanya. Barulah setelah ia menyatakan, ‘Seribu niṣka untukmu,’ para brāhmaṇa yang bersedia menerima tampil ke depan.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage underscores dāna-dharma and the ethical tension between worthy restraint and the lure of excessive wealth: even virtuous recipients may hesitate to accept gifts, and the giver’s strategy of increasing the offering shows how desire can be awakened by magnitude. It invites reflection on purity of intention in giving and self-control in receiving.
During a grand royal sacrifice, gold niṣkas are announced for brāhmaṇas, but no one steps forward to take them. The king (or announcers) then proclaims a much larger gift—“a thousand for you”—and only then do brāhmaṇas come forward to accept.