Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 256
Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: Abhaya, Anugraha, and the Ethics of Honoring the Worthy (दानश्रेष्ठता: अभय-अनुग्रह-विप्रपूजा)
प्रीत्यर्थ तव चैतन्मे स्वर्गसंदर्शनं कृतम् । फिर जब मैं तुम्हारा धन लुटाने लगा
prītyarthaṁ tava caitanmē svargasaṁdarśanaṁ kṛtam |
ຈະຍະວະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: “ການເຫັນສະຫວັນນີ້ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ສະແດງໃຫ້ເຈົ້າເຫັນ ເພື່ອໃຫ້ເຈົ້າພໍໃຈແຕ່ພຽງຢ່າງດຽວ. ແມ່ນແຕ່ເມື່ອຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເລີ່ມຍຶດເອົາຊັບສິນຂອງເຈົ້າ ເຈົ້າກໍບໍ່ຕົກຢູ່ໃນອໍານາດແຫ່ງຄວາມໂກດ. ເຫັນທຸກຢ່າງນີ້ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຍິນດີຕໍ່ເຈົ້າຢ່າງຍິ່ງ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ຈອມເຈົ້າແຫ່ງມະນຸດ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງໃຫ້ເຈົ້າ—ພ້ອມມະເຫສີ—ໄດ້ເຫັນສະຫວັນໃນປ່ານີ້ ໂດຍມີເປົ້າໝາຍດຽວ ຄືເພື່ອໃຫ້ເຈົ້າພໍໃຈ. ຈົ່ງຮູ້ໃຫ້ແນ່ວ່າ ຈຸດປະສົງຂອງການກະທໍາທັງປວງນີ້ ແມ່ນເພື່ອໃຫ້ເຈົ້າຊື່ນບານແຕ່ພຽງຢ່າງດຽວ.”
च्यवन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True virtue is shown by self-mastery: even when provoked by loss or insult, one should not be ruled by anger. Such forbearance and steadiness in dharma become the basis for divine favor and higher reward.
Sage Chyavana explains that he deliberately arranged a situation that could provoke the king—such as the taking away of wealth—to test his temperament. Because the king remained unangered, Chyavana was pleased and therefore granted him (with his wife) a vision of heaven in the forest, clarifying that the entire sequence was meant to satisfy and honor him.