Shloka 4

Devanagari script

असद्धयो दीयते यत्तु तद्‌ दानमिह भुज्यते । यादृशं दीयते दानं तादृश॑ फलमश्चुते,दान दो प्रकारका बताया जाता है--एक परलोकके लिये है और दूसरा इहलोकके लिये। सत्पुरुषोंको जो कुछ दिया जाता है, वह दान परलोकमें अपना फल देनेके लिये उपस्थित होता है और असत्पुरुषोंको जो दान दिया जाता है, उसका फल यहीं भोगा जाता है। जैसा दान दिया जाता है, वैसा ही उसका फल भी भोगनेमें आता है

Transliteration

Bharadvāja uvāca: asaddhyo dīyate yat tu tad dānam iha bhujyate | yādṛśaṃ dīyate dānaṃ tādṛśaṃ phalam aśnute ||

Translation

「しかし、受けるに足らぬ者に与えた施しは、その果がこの世で味わわれる。いかなる施しをなすにせよ、同じ性質の果を得るのである。」

Word by Word

असद्ध्यःto an unworthy person

दीयतेis given

यत्whatever (that which)

तुbut

तत्that

दानम्gift; charity

इहhere (in this world)

भुज्यतेis enjoyed/experienced

यादृशम्of what kind; such as

दीयतेis given

दानम्gift; charity

तादृशम्of that kind; corresponding

फलम्fruit; result

अश्नुतेattains; experiences

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

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?

The ethical value and the fruit of charity depend on the worthiness of the recipient and the quality of the gift: giving to the unworthy yields immediate, worldly return, while the intended higher, otherworldly merit is secured by giving rightly; in all cases, the result mirrors the nature of the donation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a didactic exchange within Śānti Parva, the sage Bharadvāja explains principles of dāna (charitable giving), distinguishing how the fruit of a gift is experienced depending on whether it is offered to worthy or unworthy persons.