Shloka 28

Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa

Devanagari script

व्यास उवाच दानान्न दुष्करं तात पृथिव्यामस्ति किंचन | अर्थ च महती तृष्णा स च दुःखेन लभ्यते,व्यासजीने कहा--तात! दानसे बढ़कर दुष्कर कार्य इस पृथ्वीपर दूसरा कोई नहीं है। लोगोंको धनका लोभ अधिक होता है और धन मिलता भी बड़े कष्टसे है

Transliteration

vyāsa uvāca dānān na duṣkaraṃ tāta pṛthivyām asti kiṃcana | arthaṃ ca mahatī tṛṣṇā sa ca duḥkhena labhyate ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言った。「わが子よ、この地上で施しほど成し難いものはない。人の財への渇望は大きく、財そのものもまた、苦労によってのみ得られるのだ。」

Word by Word

व्यासःVyasa

उवाचsaid/spoke

दानात्than giving/charity (from giving)

नnot

दुष्करम्difficult (thing)

तातdear son

पृथिव्याम्on the earth

अस्तिis/exists

किञ्चनanything (at all)

अर्थेin/for wealth

चand

महतीgreat

तृष्णाcraving/greed

सःthat/it (wealth)

चand

दुःखेनwith difficulty/through suffering

लभ्यतेis obtained

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

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?

True giving is the hardest virtue because people cling strongly to wealth, and since wealth is earned with effort and suffering, parting with it tests one’s self-control and dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa addresses a listener affectionately and delivers a moral observation: the difficulty of dāna arises from intense human attachment to wealth and the painful labor by which it is acquired.