Shloka 56
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
शीतं जयन्तीन्धनदास्तापं चन्दनदायिनः ।
प्राणघ्नीं वेदनां कष्टां ये चानुद्वेगकारिणः ॥
śītaṃ jayantīndhanadās tāpaṃ candanadāyinaḥ / prāṇaghnīṃ vedanāṃ kaṣṭāṃ ye cānudvegakāriṇaḥ
ये इन्धनं ददति ते शीतं जयन्ति; ये चन्दनं ददति ते तापं तरन्ति। ये तु परेषां क्लेशं जनयन्ति, ते प्राणहरं तीव्रदुःखं भुञ्जते॥
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FAQs
Charity is mapped to specific relief: giving warmth (fuel) and coolness (sandalwood) returns as protection from cold and heat. Conversely, harming others by causing agitation/distress yields intense suffering.
Ancillary dharma instruction.
Cold/heat can be read as extremes of experience; dāna that restores balance cultivates inner equilibrium, while cruelty destabilizes prāṇa, ripening as ‘prāṇaghnī vedanā’ at the end.