दिलीप उवाच । दानानि कस्मै देयानि ब्रह्मपुत्र पुरोहित । एतन्मे तत्त्वतो ब्रूहि त्वच्छिष्यस्य महामुने
dilīpa uvāca | dānāni kasmai deyāni brahmaputra purohita | etanme tattvato brūhi tvacchiṣyasya mahāmune
ദിലീപൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ബ്രഹ്മപുത്ര പുരോഹിതാ! ദാനങ്ങൾ ആര്ക്ക് നൽകണം? മഹാമുനേ, ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളുടെ ശിഷ്യൻ; ഇത് തത്ത്വമായി പറഞ്ഞുതരുക।
Dilīpa
Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience; internal listener is Vasiṣṭha
Scene: King Dilīpa, in respectful posture, asks Vasiṣṭha—addressed as Brahmā’s son and royal priest—about the true recipients of gifts.
True charity requires right knowledge—dāna must be directed to a deserving recipient.
Setukhaṇḍa frames the teaching within the Setu/Rāmeśvaram sacred landscape, emphasizing dharma performed in a tīrtha context.
The inquiry establishes the rule: determine the proper recipient (pātra) before giving.
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