Shloka 26
कालनियमः शोकशमनं च
Kāla as Regulator; Pacification of Grief
एतत् स्वार्थे च कौन्तेय धनं धनवतां वर । धाता ददाति मर्त्येभ्यो यज्ञार्थमिति विद्धि तत्
etad svārthe ca kaunteya dhanaṁ dhanavatāṁ vara | dhātā dadāti martyebhyo yajñārtham iti viddhi tat ||
കൗന്തേയാ, ധനവാന്മാരിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠനേ—ഇതു അറിക: ധാതാവ് മർത്ത്യർക്കു സ്വാർത്ഥത്തിനായിട്ടുപോലും ഏതു ധനം നൽകുന്നുവോ, അതെല്ലാം യജ്ഞാർത്ഥമെന്നുതന്നെ മനസ്സിലാക്കണം.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth granted by the Creator is to be regarded as intended for yajña—sacred offering and righteous use—so even personal prosperity should be oriented toward dharmic giving, support of ritual, and the maintenance of social and moral order.
In the Shānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma, the speaker addresses Kaunteya (Arjuna) and frames wealth as divinely allotted for sacrificial purpose, reinforcing that resources are not solely private property but a responsibility to be used in dharmic ways.