Shloka 103
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
न राजसूयैर्बहुभिरिष्टवा विपुलदक्षिणै:,“तुमने जो यह दानजनित फल प्राप्त किया है, इसकी समता प्रचुर दक्षिणावाले बहुसंख्यक राजसूय और अनेक अभश्वमेध-यज्ञोंद्वारा भी नहीं हो सकती। तुमने सेरभर सत्तूका दान करके अक्षय ब्रह्मलोकको जीत लिया है
na rājasūyaiḥ bahubhir iṣṭvā vipula-dakṣiṇaiḥ | tvayā ya idaṁ dāna-janitaṁ phalaṁ prāptaṁ tasya samatā pracura-dakṣiṇāvalaiḥ bahu-saṅkhyakaiḥ rājasūyaiḥ anekair aśvamedha-yajñaiś ca na bhavitum arhati | tvayā serabhara-sattūkā-dānenākṣayaṁ brahmalokaṁ jitaḥ ||
श्वशुर उवाच— “यत् त्वया दानजं फलं प्राप्तं, तस्य समता न बहुभी राजसूयैरिष्ट्वा विपुलदक्षिणैर्न, न चानेकैः अश्वमेधयज्ञैः। त्वं हि सेरभरसत्तूदानमात्रेणाक्षयं ब्रह्मलोकं जितवानसि।”
श्षशुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sincere charity, even when materially small, can surpass the merit of grand rituals performed with great wealth; inner intention and compassion elevate the fruit of action beyond external scale.
A father-in-law praises the recipient/donor, declaring that the merit gained from donating a small portion of sattū is incomparable—even to many lavish Rājasūya and Aśvamedha sacrifices—and that this gift has secured attainment of imperishable Brahmaloka.