Shloka 19
Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)
एवमुक्तस्तथेत्येवं प्रत्युकत्वा च्यवनो मुनि: । अभ्यनुज्ञाय नृपतिं तीर्थयात्रां ययौ तदा,कुशिकके ऐसा कहनेपर च्यवन मुनि बोले “तथास्तु”। फिर वे राजासे विदा ले वहाँसे तत्काल तीर्थयात्राके लिये चले गये
evam uktas tathety evaṁ pratyuktvā cyavano muniḥ | abhyanujñāya nṛpatiṁ tīrthayātrāṁ yayau tadā ||
کوشِک کے یوں کہنے پر چَیون مُنی نے کہا—“تَتھاستُو۔” پھر وہ راجا سے رخصت لے کر فوراً ہی تیرتھ یاترا کے لیے روانہ ہو گئے۔
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic decorum: one should respond truthfully and graciously (“tathāstu”), and act with propriety by formally taking/giving leave before undertaking a religious duty such as pilgrimage.
Cyavana, having been addressed by the king, assents to the request, then respectfully concludes the interaction and departs immediately to begin a tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage).