Shloka 15
वाहनानि च देयानि हया मत्ताश्ष वारणा: । शयनं शिबिकाश्रैव स्यन्दनाश्च स्वलंकृता:
vāhanāni ca deyāni hayā mattāś ca vāraṇāḥ | śayanaṃ śibikāś caiva syandanāś ca suvalaṅkṛtāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Kenderaan hendaklah diberikan sebagai dāna—kuda yang gagah dan gajah yang sedang berahi; juga katil dan tandu, serta rata yang dihias indah.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches dāna as dharma: one should give away valuable and socially significant possessions—means of transport and comfort—signaling detachment from wealth and concern for others’ welfare.
Vaiśaṃpāyana lists items prescribed for gifting—horses, elephants, beds, palanquins, and decorated chariots—within the Svargārohaṇa context, where conduct and merit are emphasized as the epic moves toward its concluding moral reckoning.