Adhyaya 20 — Ritadhvaja’s Companionship with the Naga Princes and the Origin of the Horse Kuvalaya
तस्योपकारिणः कच्चिद् भवद्भ्यामभिवाञ्छितम् ।
किञ्चिन्निष्पादितं वत्सौ परितोषाय चेतसः ॥
tasyopakāriṇaḥ kaccid bhavadbhyām abhivāñchitam | kiñcin niṣpāditaṃ vatsau paritoṣāya cetasaḥ ||
പ്രിയ പുത്രന്മാരേ, ആ ഉപകാരിക്കായി അവന്റെ ഹൃദയത്തിന് തൃപ്തി വരുത്തുന്ന ഏതെങ്കിലും ഇഷ്ടകാര്യമാണ് നിങ്ങൾ ഇരുവരും ചെയ്തിട്ടുള്ളത്?
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Dharma includes active repayment of help received. Gratitude is not merely emotion but effective action that aims at the benefactor’s inner contentment.
Ācāra-dharma instruction; outside the core pañcalakṣaṇa categories.
The ‘benefactor’ can represent the sustaining order (ṛta/dharma) or the teacher; reciprocation becomes a sacrificial return-flow, maintaining harmony rather than one-way consumption.