Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एवं लब्ध्वा धनं मोहाद यो हि दद्याद्‌ यजेत वा । न तस्य स फल प्रेत्य भुड़क्ते पापधनागमात्‌,इस प्रकार जो मोहवश अन्यायसे धनका उपार्जन करके उसके द्वारा दान या यज्ञ करता है, वह मरनेके बाद भी उसका फल नहीं पाता; क्योंकि वह धन पापसे मिला हुआ होता है

Transliteration

evaṁ labdhvā dhanaṁ mohād yo hi dadyād yajeta vā | na tasya sa phalaṁ pretya bhuṅkte pāpadhanāgamāt ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。このように、迷いによって不義の財を得て、それをもって施しや祭祀を行う者は、死後にその果報を味わうことがない。なぜなら、その財は罪より生じたものだからである。

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

लब्ध्वाhaving obtained

धनम्wealth

मोहात्from delusion

यःwho

हिindeed

दद्यात्should give

यजेतshould sacrifice / perform a rite

वाor

नnot

तस्यof him

सःthat (result) / he

फलम्fruit, result

प्रेत्यafter death, having departed

भुङ्क्तेenjoys, obtains (as experience)

पापधनागमात्because of acquisition of sinful wealth

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Merit from charity or sacrifice depends not only on the act but also on the purity of its means. Wealth acquired through adharma becomes an obstacle to the posthumous fruit (phala) of dāna and yajña, because the sinful origin contaminates the offering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is delivering a dharma-oriented instruction within the Ashvamedhika Parva context, emphasizing that religious acts performed with resources gained through wrongdoing do not yield the expected spiritual reward after death.