Shloka 31

Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ दु:खार्जितस्यैव परित्याग: सुदुष्कर: । न दुष्करतरं दानात्‌ तस्माद्‌ दान॑ मतं मम,अतः दुःख सहकर कमाये हुए धनका परित्याग करना अत्यन्त कठिन है। दानसे बढ़कर दूसरा कोई दुष्कर कार्य नहीं है। इसलिये मेरे मतमें दान ही सर्वश्रेष्ठ है

Transliteration

tasmād duḥkhārjitasyaiva parityāgaḥ suduṣkaraḥ | na duṣkarataraṃ dānāt tasmād dānaṃ mataṃ mama ||

Translation

Вьяса сказал: «Потому отказаться от богатства, добытого в тяготах, чрезвычайно трудно. Нет ничего труднее дарения; потому, по моему мнению, щедрость (дана) — путь наивысший.»

Word by Word

तस्मात्therefore/from that

दुःखार्जितस्यof (wealth) earned with hardship

एवindeed/just

परित्यागःrenunciation/giving up

सुदुष्करःvery difficult

नnot

दुष्करतरम्more difficult (thing)

दानात्than giving/charity

तस्मात्therefore/from that

दानम्giving/charity

मतम्considered/held (as)

ममof me/my

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True dāna is the hardest virtue because it requires surrendering wealth that one has obtained through personal struggle; precisely for that reason, giving is praised as the highest ethical act.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa states a moral evaluation within the discourse: he highlights the psychological and ethical difficulty of parting with hard-earned resources, using this to elevate dāna as supremely meritorious.