Shloka 30
Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant
धृतराष्ट उवाच ये दानशीला न प्रतिगृह्नते सदा नचाप्यर्थाक्षाददते परेभ्य: | येषामदेयमर्हते नास्ति किंचित् सर्वातिथ्या: सुप्रसादा जनाश्व
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | ye dānaśīlā na pratigṛhṇate sadā na cāpy arthākṣād adate parebhyaḥ | yeṣām adeyam arhate nāsti kiñcit sarvātithyāḥ suprasādā janāś ca ||
持国王说道：“噢，大圣仙！那些乐于布施而从不受施；不以武力或胁迫夺取他人财物；在有堪受之人时，心中无一物可称‘不可施与’；礼敬一切来宾，对众生常怀慈意——如此之人，恒如公共施食之筵（安那萨特拉）而住，成为福德之源，得至苏摩之界。然而对持国王而言，连那一界也不可到达。”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises a dharmic ideal: give consistently, do not accept gifts for oneself, do not seize others’ wealth, and treat every person as a guest with kindness. Such conduct generates puṇya leading to heavenly attainment (Somaloka), while moral failure can bar one even from that reward.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses a great sage and reflects on the destiny of the truly charitable and hospitable. In the surrounding discourse of Anuśāsana Parva, this functions as an ethical evaluation of conduct and its posthumous results, with Dhṛtarāṣṭra implicitly contrasting himself with the praised ideal.