Shloka 11
मौन रहनेसे ज्ञानरूपी फलकी प्राप्ति होती है, दान देनेसे महान् यशकी वृद्धि होती है। सत्य बोलनेसे वाणीकी पटुता और परलोकमें प्रतिष्ठा प्राप्त होती है ।।
maunena jñānaphalaprāptir bhavati, dānena mahad-yaśo vardhate | satyavacanena vāg-vaiduṣyaṁ paraloke ca pratiṣṭhā prāpyate || bhūpradānena ca gatiṁ labhaty āśrama-sammitām | nyāyyasyārthasya samprāptiṁ kṛtvā phalam upāśnute ||
ମୌନ ରହିଲେ ଜ୍ଞାନରୂପ ଫଳ ମିଳେ, ଦାନ କଲେ ମହା ଯଶ ବଢ଼େ। ସତ୍ୟ କହିଲେ ବାଣୀର ପାଟୁତା ଓ ପରଲୋକରେ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା ଲଭ୍ୟ ହୁଏ। ଭୂଦାନ କଲେ ଆଶ୍ରମଧର୍ମ ପାଳନ ସମାନ ଉତ୍ତମ ଗତି ମିଳେ; ଏବଂ ନ୍ୟାୟମାର୍ଗରେ ଧନ ଅର୍ଜନ କଲେ ପୁରୁଷ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଫଳର ଅଧିକାରୀ ହୁଏ।
नाग उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links specific virtues to specific fruits: silence to inner knowledge, charity to lasting fame, truthfulness to eloquence and posthumous honor, land-gifting to an exalted destiny, and justly earned wealth to superior spiritual results—showing that dharma is both ethical conduct and a causal path to merit.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, a Nāga speaker delivers moral instruction, enumerating practices praised in dharma discourse and explaining their respective rewards, as part of a broader teaching on righteous living and its consequences.