Shloka 27
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
अजरश्नामरश्रैव भविता दुःखवर्जित: । साम्यं ममास्तु ते सौख्यं युवयोर्वर्धतां क्रतु:
ajarāśnāmaraś caiva bhavitā duḥkhavarjitaḥ | sāmyam mamāstu te saukhyaṁ yuvayor vardhatāṁ kratuḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai muni, engkau akan menjadi bebas daripada tua dan mati, serta tidak disentuh dukacita. Semoga engkau memperoleh kebahagiaan yang setara denganku; dan semoga upacara korban suci bagi kamu berdua—yajamāna (penaja) dan purohita (pendeta)—sentiasa bertambah dan makmur.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames spiritual reward as freedom from decay, death, and sorrow, and links personal well-being to the flourishing of righteous ritual cooperation—patron and priest sustaining a sacrifice in harmony.
Vaiśampāyana reports a benediction: the addressed sage is promised ageless, deathless, sorrowless existence, equality of happiness with the speaker, and the continued increase of the sacrificial undertaking shared by two participants (patron and priest).