Shloka 36

Prāyaścitta-vidhāna: Tapas, Dāna, Vrata, and Proportional Expiation (प्रायश्चित्तविधानम्)

Devanagari script

न दद्याद्‌ यशसे दानं न भयान्नोपकारिणे,इति श्रीमहा भारते शान्तिपर्वणि राजधर्मानुशासनपर्वणि व्यासवाक्ये षट्त्रिंशो5ध्याय:

Transliteration

na dadyād yaśase dānaṃ na bhayān nopakāriṇe | iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi rājadharmānuśāsanaparvaṇi vyāsavākye ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||

Translation

Вьяса сказал: «Не следует подавать милостыню ради славы, ни из страха, ни тому, кто даёт лишь с оглядкой на личную выгоду». В наставлении о царском долге в «Шанти‑парве» это приводится как совет Вьясы.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• दद्यात्: should give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 3, singular, parasmaipada

• यशसे: for fame
• यशसे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: neuter, dative, singular

• दानम्: a gift; giving
• दानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भयात्: from fear; out of fear
• भयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• उपकारिणे: to one who has helped (a benefactor)
• उपकारिणे: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपकारिन्
• Form: masculine, dative, singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्री: venerable; auspicious (honorific)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• महा: in the great
• महा: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• भारते: in the Bhārata (Mahābhārata)
• भारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• शान्ति: in (the) Śānti
• शान्ति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: feminine, locative, singular

• पर्वणि: in the book/section (parvan)
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• राजधर्म: in (the section on) royal duty
• राजधर्म: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजधर्म
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• अनुशासन: in the instruction/teaching
• अनुशासन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासन
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• पर्वणि: in the parvan/section
• पर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• व्यास: in (the words) of Vyāsa
• व्यास: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• वाक्ये: in the statement/utterance
• वाक्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• षट्त्रिंशः: thirty-sixth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्त्रिंश
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Rājadharmānuśāsana Parva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Charity should be guided by dharma and compassion, not by ego (desire for fame), coercion (fear), or transactional self-interest. The verse stresses purity of intention as essential to righteous giving.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the Śānti Parva’s instruction on rājadharma, Vyāsa delivers a concise ethical rule about dāna, warning against improper motives and reinforcing the standards expected of rulers and householders alike.