लोहशंकुभिराकीर्णमाक्रमन्ति नराधमाः । क्रन्दमाना द्विजश्रेष्ठ उपानद्दानवर्जिताः
lohaśaṃkubhirākīrṇamākramanti narādhamāḥ | krandamānā dvijaśreṣṭha upānaddānavarjitāḥ
ஓ த்விஜச்ரேஷ்டா! இரும்புக் கூர்முனைகளால் நிரம்பிய தரையில் நடக்கச் செய்யப்படும் நராதமர்கள் உரக்க அழுது புலம்புவர்—ஏனெனில் அவர்கள் பாதுகை (காலணி) தானத்தைத் தவிர்த்தவர்கள்.
Unspecified (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narrative voice)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija-śreṣṭha (addressed brāhmaṇa interlocutor)
Scene: A bleak path carpeted with iron spikes; barefoot sinners cry as they are driven forward—an inverse image of the comfort that a simple gift of sandals could have provided.
Dāna is not optional ornament but dharma; refusing small, practical charity hardens the heart and yields painful karmic results.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where pilgrimage teaching includes the importance of dāna alongside devotion.
Upānad-dāna—giving footwear/sandals as charity (especially to travelers, pilgrims, and the needy).
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