Shloka 13
धृतराष्ट्रस्य युधिष्ठिरं प्रति व्यवहार-रक्षा-नियमनोपदेशः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Instruction on Administration, Punishment, and Daily Governance
मा तेडन्यत् पुरुषव्याप्र दानादू भवतु दर्शनम्
mā te 'nyat puruṣavyāghra dānād bhavatu darśanam
वैशंपायन म्हणाले— “हे पुरुषव्याघ्र! दानातून जे दर्शन घडते त्याव्यतिरिक्त तुला दुसरे कोणतेही दर्शन होऊ नये; तुझा साक्षात्कार केवळ उदारतेनेच ओळखला जावो।”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates dāna (generosity) as a primary dharmic lens: one should seek and value encounters shaped by giving rather than by self-interest, hostility, or display. It frames charity as an ethically purifying act that governs how one is seen and how one sees others.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a heroic figure (“puruṣavyāghra”), urging that the defining ‘darśana’—the significant meeting or outcome—should arise from dāna. In the Ashramavāsika context, this aligns with the post-war moral atmosphere where duty turns toward restraint, expiation, and beneficence.