Shloka 25
Nīti for Calamity, Wealth, Friendship, Charity, and Restraint of Kāma
शिक्षयन्ति च याचन्ते देहीति कृपणा जनाः / अवस्थेयमदानस्य मा भूदेवं भवानपि
śikṣayanti ca yācante dehīti kṛpaṇā janāḥ / avastheyamadānasya mā bhūdevaṃ bhavānapi
Orang yang kedekut menegur dan juga merayu, sambil berkata, “Berilah!” Beginilah kesudahan yang menyedihkan bagi yang tidak memberi dāna. Semoga engkau juga tidak menjadi demikian.
Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Afterlife Stage: Naraka
Concept: The miser’s end is humiliation: one who would not give becomes one who must beg; dāna preserves honor and right order.
Vedantic Theme: Ethical purification (citta-śuddhi) through generosity; greed as a veil over discernment.
Application: Give proactively before need forces you into dependence; respond to worthy requests with compassion and discernment.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: didactic encounter/scene of the afflicted begging
Related Themes: Garuda Purana Pretakalpa: kṛpaṇa-lakṣaṇa and adāna-doṣa sections near 1.109
FAQs
This verse warns that refusing to give leads to a degraded, pitiable condition; therefore dāna is upheld as a core dharmic practice that shapes one’s karmic outcome.
By emphasizing the karmic consequence of adāna (non-giving), it implies that one’s post-death experience is influenced by ethical conduct—generosity supporting auspicious outcomes, miserliness leading to distress.
Cultivate regular giving—food, money, service, or support—so one does not fall into the habit of grasping and later suffering humiliation or dependence.