Shloka 30
Adhyaya 26 — Madālasa Names Alarka and Reorients Him Toward Kshatriya Duty
सपुण्यानसपुण्यांश्च क्षुत्क्षामान् तृट्परिप्लुतान् ।
पिण्डोदकप्रदानेन नरः कर्मण्यवस्थितः ॥
sapuṇyān asapuṇyāṃś ca kṣut-kṣāmān tṛṭ-pariplutān / piṇḍodaka-pradānena naraḥ karmaṇy avasthitaḥ //
Entah mereka berjasa (punya) atau tidak, entah melemah karena lapar atau tersiksa karena haus—dengan mempersembahkan piṇḍa dan air, seorang yang teguh dalam dharma menopang dan memelihara mereka.
FAQs
Ritual giving is presented as humanitarian across moral status: one’s duty is to support the departed without judging their merit. Dharma functions as care, not merely reward.
Dharma-upadeśa embedded in narrative (Anucarita).
Hunger and thirst signify subtle deprivation in post-mortem states; piṇḍa and udaka become archetypes of ‘form’ and ‘life-fluid’ offered back into the ancestral stream, restoring balance.