Shloka 20
Śāṇḍilī–Sumanā-saṃvāda: Sat-strī-samudācāra and Pati-dharma
Conduct of the Virtuous Wife
त्वं हि तात महाबुद्धे सुखमेष्यसि शोभनम् । सुखात् सुखतरप्राप्तिमाप्रुते मतिमान्नर:
tvaṁ hi tāta mahābuddhe sukham eṣyasi śobhanam | sukhāt sukhataraprāptim āprute matimān naraḥ ||
Vyāsa disse: “Ó querido, ó homem de grande entendimento, por este ato de dar alcançarás excelente felicidade. O sábio, ao dar, obtém felicidade cada vez maior — da felicidade para uma felicidade ainda mais elevada.”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Generosity (dāna) is presented as a dharmic act that yields increasing well-being: giving does not merely bring happiness once, but becomes a cause for progressively greater happiness for the wise.
Vyāsa addresses an unnamed listener affectionately and instructs him that the specific act of giving just performed (or being urged) will result in auspicious happiness, reinforcing the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader teaching on dāna-dharma.