Shloka 13
अनु त्वां तात जीवन्तु मित्राणि सुहृदस्तथा । चैत्यस्थाने स्थितं वृक्षं फलवन्तमिव द्विजा:
anu tvāṃ tāta jīvantu mitrāṇi suhṛdas tathā | caityasthāne sthitaṃ vṛkṣaṃ phalavantam iva dvijāḥ ||
वैशंपायन म्हणाले—तात! तुझ्या आश्रयाने तुझे मित्र व सुहृद जिवंत राहोत; जसे देवस्थानाजवळ उभ्या फळांनी भरलेल्या वृक्षावर पक्षी येऊन वस्ती करतात।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A righteous person—especially one in a position of strength—should become a refuge for friends and well-wishers, sustaining them through protection and support, like a fruitful tree that naturally nourishes those who take shelter in it.
Vaiśaṃpāyana uses a vivid simile: as birds gather around a fruit-bearing tree near a sacred shrine, so should the listener’s companions and well-wishers live depending on him—indicating his role as a stable, beneficent support within the moral order.