Shloka 57
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
प्राप्तश्चार्थस्ततः पात्रे विनियोज्यो विधानतः ।
सत्यार्जव-तपो-दानैर्दयायुक्तो भवेत् सदा ॥
prāptaś cārthas tataḥ pātre viniyojyo vidhānataḥ | satyārjava-tapo-dānair dayā-yukto bhavet sadā ||
得られた財は、規則に従って、ふさわしい受け手に分け与えるべきである。常に、真実、率直、苦行（タパス）、布施、そして慈悲を具えるべきである。
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FAQs
Dāna is not random but ‘vidhānataḥ’—guided by discernment of worthiness and coupled with inner virtues; outer giving must mirror inner rectitude.
Normative dharma teaching; supportive ethical layer within Purāṇic narrative rather than a direct pancalakṣaṇa category.
‘Pātra’ can be read as receptivity: when the giver becomes satya-ārjava-yukta, the act of giving purifies both channels—intention and reception—turning artha into sādhana.