Shloka 30
Marks of the Debt-Bound/Enemy Son, Filial Dharma, Detachment, and the Durvāsā–Dharma Episode
कथं हि धनमायाति विस्मयं व्रज माधव । प्राप्तव्यमेव यत्रैव भवेद्द्रव्यं द्विजोत्तम
kathaṃ hi dhanamāyāti vismayaṃ vraja mādhava | prāptavyameva yatraiva bhaveddravyaṃ dvijottama
ຊັບສິນມາໄດ້ແນວໃດ? ໂອ ມາດະວະ ຢ່າໄດ້ປະຫລາດໃຈ. ໂອ ພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ປະເສີດ, ຊັບໃດທີ່ຖືກກຳນົດໃຫ້ໄດ້ຮັບ ຢູ່ທີ່ໃດ ຊັບນັ້ນຍ່ອມເກີດຂຶ້ນຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນແນ່ນອນ।
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Concept: Artha (wealth) arises according to prārabdha/daiva; astonishment and agitation are misplaced—cultivate equanimity and right conduct rather than obsession.
Application: Work honestly, but reduce anxiety about outcomes; practice dana and seva when wealth comes, seeing it as entrusted by Bhagavan.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: धनमायाति = धनम् + आयाति; प्राप्तव्यमेव = प्राप्तव्यम् + एव; यत्रैव = यत्र + एव; भवेद्द्रव्यं = भवेत् + द्रव्यं; द्विजोत्तम = द्विज + उत्तम (समास)
FAQs
It frames wealth as something that comes according to what is destined (prāptavya), discouraging anxiety or astonishment about its arrival.
Mādhava is a common epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, used here as a form of address in the dialogue.
It encourages composure and non-attachment—accepting outcomes without undue surprise, while implying that one should not be agitated or obsessed over acquiring wealth.