Shloka 8936
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
कृच्छूकाले ततः स्वर्गो विजित: कर्मणा त्वया । “इस प्राण-संकटके समय भी यह सब सत्तू तुमने शुद्ध हृदयसे दान किया है; इसलिये तुमने उस पुण्यकर्मके प्रभावसे स्वर्गलोकपर विजय प्राप्त कर ली है
kṛcchūkāle tataḥ svargo vijitaḥ karmaṇā tvayā |
Wika ng biyenan: “Kahit sa panahong ito ng matinding panganib sa buhay, ibinigay mo ang lahat ng sattu na ito nang may dalisay na puso. Kaya, sa bisa ng kabutihang iyon, napagtagumpayan mo maging ang langit.”
श्षशुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
A gift made with sincere intention, especially during personal hardship, becomes exceptionally meritorious; inner purity and self-sacrifice elevate the act beyond its material value, yielding the highest spiritual reward symbolized as ‘conquering heaven’.
The father-in-law addresses the listener, praising that even in a life-threatening crisis they donated their meager food (sattū) with a pure heart, and declares that this single virtuous deed has earned them victory over Svarga (the heavenly realm).