Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
प्राप्तश्चार्थस्ततः पात्रे विनियोज्यो विधानतः ।
सत्यार्जव-तपो-दानैर्दयायुक्तो भवेत् सदा ॥
prāptaś cārthas tataḥ pātre viniyojyo vidhānataḥ | satyārjava-tapo-dānair dayā-yukto bhavet sadā ||
எந்தச் செல்வம் கிடைத்தாலும், அதை விதிப்படி தகுதியானவர்களுக்கு அளிக்க வேண்டும். எப்போதும் சத்தியம், நேர்மை, தவம், தானம், கருணை ஆகியவற்றுடன் இருக்க வேண்டும்.
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Dāna is not random but ‘vidhānataḥ’—guided by discernment of worthiness and coupled with inner virtues; outer giving must mirror inner rectitude.
Normative dharma teaching; supportive ethical layer within Purāṇic narrative rather than a direct pancalakṣaṇa category.
‘Pātra’ can be read as receptivity: when the giver becomes satya-ārjava-yukta, the act of giving purifies both channels—intention and reception—turning artha into sādhana.