Shloka 22
अर्जुनदुःखहेतुप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the cause of Arjuna’s recurring hardship
Book 14, Chapter 89
धरण्या निष्क्रयं दत्त्वा तद्धिरण्यं युधिछिर:
dharaṇyā niṣkrayaṃ dattvā taddhiraṇyaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອໄດ້ຈ່າຍ “ຄ່າໄຖ່ຖອນແຜ່ນດິນ” ແລ້ວ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກໍໄດ້ບໍລິຈາກຄຳນັ້ນເອງອອກໄປ—ຊີ້ວ່າ ຊັບທີ່ໄດ້ມາແມ່ນແມ່ນເພື່ອພິທີອັນສັກສິດ ກໍຄວນຖືກຊຳລະໃຫ້ບໍລິສຸດດ້ວຍການໃຫ້ທີ່ຖືກທຳມະ ແລະນຳໄປໃຊ້ເພື່ອຈຸດໝາຍທາງທຳມະ ບໍ່ໃຫ້ເປັນການຄອບຄອງສ່ວນຕົວ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth connected with royal power and ritual should be handled ethically: obligations are first discharged (payment/compensation), and what remains is best sanctified through generous, dharmic giving rather than hoarding.
In the Ashvamedha context, Yudhiṣṭhira pays a required compensation described as the earth’s ‘redemption-price’ and then donates that same gold onward, emphasizing public-spirited kingship and merit through giving.