Shloka 20
Ajagara-vrata (The ‘Python’ Discipline): Prahrāda Questions a Wandering Sage
वज्ान् महाधनांश्वैव वैदूर्याजिनराड्कवान् । रत्नराशीन् विनिक्षिप्य दक्षिणार्थे स भारत
vajrān mahādhanāṁś caiva vaidūryājinaraṅkavān | ratnarāśīn vinikṣipya dakṣiṇārthe sa bhārata ||
ビーシュマは語った。「おお、バーラタよ。彼はダクシナー（dakṣiṇā）—祭司への謝礼の施与—として、金剛石や莫大な財、ヴァイドゥーリヤ（vaidūrya）の宝石、さらには貴重な皮革に至るまで、宝の山を取り分けて置き、それらの富を施しのために整えたのである。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth becomes dharmic when it is used with reverence and restraint—especially in honoring worthy recipients after hospitality or ritual. The verse frames dakṣiṇā not as display, but as a duty that completes righteous giving.
Bhīṣma narrates an episode where a powerful giver sets out heaps of precious items—diamonds, gems like vaidūrya, and valuable hides—explicitly for dakṣiṇā, i.e., gifts meant for honored Brāhmaṇas after being hosted.