Shloka 19
Sarasvatī–Tārkṣya Saṃvāda: Agnihotra-vidhi, Dāna-phala, and Mokṣa-prasaṅga (सरस्वती–तार्क्ष्यसंवादः)
दानं च सत्यं च तपश्च राजन् श्रद्धा च बुद्धिश्न क्षमा धृतिश्न । अवाप्य राष्ट्राणि वसूनि भोगा- नेषा परा पार्थ सदा रतिस्ते,“राजन! आपने राज्य, धन और भोगोंको पाकर भी सदा दान, सत्य, तप, श्रद्धा, बुद्धि, क्षमा तथा धृति--इन सदगुणोंसे ही प्रेम किया है
dānaṃ ca satyaṃ ca tapaś ca rājan śraddhā ca buddhiś ca kṣamā dhṛtiś ca | avāpya rāṣṭrāṇi vasūni bhogān eṣā parā pārtha sadā ratis te ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, even after attaining kingdoms, wealth, and pleasures, your highest and constant delight, O Pārtha, has always been in these virtues alone—generosity, truthfulness, austerity, faith, discernment, forgiveness, and steadfastness.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly attainments—kingdoms, wealth, and pleasures—are secondary; the highest and enduring joy lies in cultivating and loving virtues such as generosity, truth, austerity, faith, discernment, forgiveness, and steadfastness.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a king and praises Pārtha (Arjuna), emphasizing that despite access to power and enjoyment, his consistent attachment is to ethical qualities rather than to possessions or pleasures.