Shloka 31
Śaṅkha–Likhita Upākhyāna: Daṇḍa, Confession, and the Purification of Kingship (शङ्ख-लिखितोपाख्यानम्)
विद्वांस्त्यागी श्रद्दधधान: कृतज्ञ- स्त्यक्त्वा लोकं मानुषं कर्म कृत्वा । मेधाविनां विदुषां सम्मतानां तनुत्यजां लोकमाक्रम्य राजा
vidvāṁs tyāgī śraddadhānaḥ kṛtajñas tyaktvā lokaṁ mānuṣaṁ karma kṛtvā | medhāvināṁ viduṣāṁ sammatānāṁ tanutyajāṁ lokam ākramya rājā ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。王は、智に富み、捨離を知り、信を抱き、恩を忘れぬ者であった。人としての務めを果たしてからこの人間界を去り、才知と学識にすぐれ万人に尊ばれる者、すなわち聖地において身を捨てる功徳ある人々の住む世界に到達し、そこに安住した。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A life of wisdom, renunciation, faith in dharma, and gratitude—combined with the faithful performance of one’s duties—leads to an exalted end and a higher state after death.
Vaiśampāyana describes a king who, after completing his worldly responsibilities, departs the human realm and attains the honored world of the learned and meritorious—those famed for relinquishing the body in sacred contexts.