Shloka 31
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
ततो5थ भगवानाह प्रीतो मां वै युधिष्ठिर । अर्थात् प्रियतर: कृष्ण मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यसि
tato ’tha bhagavān āha prīto māṃ vai yudhiṣṭhira | arthāt priyataraḥ kṛṣṇa matprasādād bhaviṣyasi ||
അപ്പോൾ പ്രസന്നനായ ഭഗവാൻ എന്നോടു പറഞ്ഞു—“യുധിഷ്ഠിരാ! എന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താൽ നീ കൃഷ്ണനു കൂടുതൽ പ്രിയനായിത്തീരും.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True esteem and closeness to Kṛṣṇa (and to the righteous) is grounded in divine grace and moral-spiritual worth, not merely in status or achievement; the verse highlights the ethical primacy of inner merit supported by higher favor.
Vaiśampāyana reports that a revered ‘Bhagavān’ speaks while pleased, addressing Yudhiṣṭhira and assuring him that, through that speaker’s grace, Yudhiṣṭhira will become even dearer to Kṛṣṇa.