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 |
The father-in-law said: “Even in this time of dire peril, you gave away all this roasted barley-flour with a pure heart. Therefore, by the power of that meritorious deed, you have conquered heaven itself.”
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).