Shloka 8
अर्जुनदुःखहेतुप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the cause of Arjuna’s recurring hardship
Book 14, Chapter 89
प्रतिगृह्म धरां राजन् व्यास: सत्यवतीसुत:
pratigṛhya dharāṃ rājan vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ
ໄວສຳປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ເມື່ອໄດ້ຮັບເອົາແຜ່ນດິນ (ທານທີ່ດິນ) ແລ້ວ, ວະຍາສະ—ບຸດແຫ່ງສັດຍະວະຕີ—ກໍໄດ້ດຳເນີນຕໍ່ໄປຕາມຄວນ»។ ຖ້ອຍຄຳນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນນ້ຳໜັກທາງຈິດທຳຂອງການຮັບຂອງຂວັນຈາກກະສັດ: ເມື່ອຮັບແລ້ວ ຜູ້ຮັບຖືກຜູກມັດໃຫ້ປະພຶດດ້ວຍຄວາມຊື່ສັດ ແລະຄວາມສຳລວມ, ໂດຍສະເພາະເມື່ອຜູ້ໃຫ້ເປັນຜູ້ປົກຄອງ ແລະຜູ້ຮັບເປັນລະສີຜູ້ນ່າເຄົາລົບ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharmic seriousness of accepting a gift—especially land—from a king. Formal acceptance (pratigraha) creates a moral obligation to use the gift rightly and to remain free from greed or misuse, reflecting the ideal conduct expected of a sage.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates that Vyāsa, identified by the epithet “son of Satyavatī,” accepts a grant of land/earth from the king. The statement functions as a narrative pivot: the acceptance marks a completed ritual-social transaction and sets up whatever action or disposition follows from Vyāsa’s receiving the gift.