Shloka 35

Daśagrīva-boonāvaraṇa, Viṣṇv-avatāra-niyoga, Vānara-sahāya-janana, Mantharā-nirmāṇa

Devanagari script

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्‌ । ब्रीहिद्रोणपरित्यागाद्‌ यत्‌ फलं प्राप मुदूगल:,इस विषयमें जानकार लोग इस पुराने इतिहासका उदाहरण दिया करते हैं कि मुद्गल ऋषिने एक द्रोण धानका दान करके महान्‌ फल प्राप्त किया था

Transliteration

atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam | brīhidroṇaparityāgād yat phalaṃ prāpa mudūgalaḥ ||

Translation

Ở đây nữa, người học rộng thường dẫn một điển tích xưa: chỉ bằng việc bố thí một droṇa gạo, hiền giả Mudūgala đã đạt được quả báo lớn. Ý nói rằng sự xả ly và bố thí chân thành, dù vật chất nhỏ bé, vẫn có thể sinh công đức rộng lớn khi được dâng bằng tâm ý thanh tịnh.

Word by Word

अत्रhere, in this matter

अपिalso, even

उदाहरन्तिthey cite, they adduce (as an example)

इमम्this

इतिहासम्story, legend, history

पुरातनम्ancient, old

ब्रीहि-द्रोण-परित्यागात्from (the act of) giving up/donating a drona-measure of rice

यत्which (result)

फलम्fruit, result

प्रापobtained, attained

मुदूगलःMudūgala (the sage)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Mudūgala

droṇa (measure)

brīhi (rice)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even a small gift, when given with genuine renunciation and purity, can produce great spiritual merit; the value lies in intent and sacrifice rather than quantity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa introduces an old illustrative story: the sage Mudūgala once gave away a single droṇa-measure of rice, and as a consequence attained a great reward—offered as a precedent to support the point being made.