Shloka 95
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
ते चोज्छवृत्तये राजन् मया समपवर्जिते । यथाविधि यथाश्रद्धं तदस्याहं पुन: प्रभो
te cocchavṛttaye rājan mayā samapavarjite | yathāvidhi yathāśraddhaṃ tadasyāhaṃ punaḥ prabho ||
ວິຣູປະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ງົວເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ແຍກໄວ້ ແລະ ຖວາຍໃຫ້ແກ່ພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ດຳລົງຊີວິດແບບອຸຈະວຶດຕິແລ້ວ. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຖວາຍຕາມພິທີອັນຖືກຕ້ອງ ແລະ ດ້ວຍສັດທາອັນເຕັມປ່ຽມ. ບັດນີ້, ໂອ ຈອມເຈົ້າ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າປາດຖະໜາຈະຄືນ “ຜົນ” ຂອງການຖວາຍງົວນັ້ນໃຫ້ເຂົາອີກຄັ້ງ—ເພື່ອໃຫ້ບຸນຜົນທີ່ໄດ້ມາ ກັບຄືນສູ່ເຂົາ».
विरूप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Merit (puṇya) from charity is grounded in right procedure (yathāvidhi) and sincere faith (yathāśraddham), and the ethical focus is on supporting austere, deserving recipients—here, a Brahmin living by ucchavṛtti—rather than on personal gain.
Virūpa recounts that he performed a purificatory meritorious act by gifting (godāna) properly and faithfully to an austere Brahmin, and he expresses the intention that the fruit of that donation should be returned/assigned back to the recipient—emphasizing the transfer and direction of merit.