Shloka 34
Suvarṇa-dāna: Kārttikeya’s Origin and the Defeat of Tāraka (सुवर्णदान-प्रसङ्गे कार्त्तिकेय-उत्पत्ति तथा तारकवधः)
युरभ्युवाच वरेण भगवन् महां कृतं लोकपितामह । एष एव वरो मेडद्य यत् प्रीतोडसि ममानघ
surabhī uvāca—bhagavan, niṣpāpa lokapitāmaha! mama vara-grahaṇasya kācid āvaśyakatā nāsti. mama tu sarvottamo vara eṣa eva yat adya tvaṁ mayi prasanno 'si, anagha.
सुरभी म्हणाली—“भगवन्, निष्पाप लोकपितामह! मला कोणत्याही वराची गरज नाही. आज माझ्यासाठी हाच सर्वश्रेष्ठ वर आहे की आपण माझ्यावर प्रसन्न झाला आहात, हे अनघ।”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates inner grace over external rewards: the highest ‘boon’ is not a material grant but the approval and goodwill of a righteous/divine authority, gained through purity and humility.
Surabhī addresses Lokapitāmaha (Brahmā). When offered a boon, she declines any specific request and declares that his present satisfaction with her is itself the supreme boon.