Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 13
भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः
Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya–Varuṇa dispute
ऋषीणां देवतानां च पितृणां चैव नित्यदा । भवत्यभिमत: श्रीमान् धर्मेषु प्रयतः सदा
ṛṣīṇāṁ devatānāṁ ca pitṝṇāṁ caiva nityadā | bhavaty abhimataḥ śrīmān dharmeṣu prayataḥ sadā ||
စကန္ဒက ဆိုသည်– «ဓမ္မ၌ အမြဲတမ်း အားထုတ်သူသည် ရှိတို့၊ ဒေဝတို့၊ ပိတရတို့အတွက် အမြဲတမ်း ချစ်ခင်လက်ခံထိုက်သူ ဖြစ်၏။ ထိုသူသည် စည်းစိမ်သုခနှင့် ပြည့်စုံ၍ ဓမ္မကျင့်စဉ်၌ မလျော့မရဲ တည်ကြည်၏»။
स्कन्द उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steady commitment to dharma makes a person worthy of honor from sages, gods, and ancestors, and it brings lasting prosperity and moral steadfastness.
Skanda is instructing about the fruits of righteous conduct: the dharma-practitioner gains approval and reverence from higher orders (ṛṣis, devatās, pitṛs) and remains continually inclined toward dharma.