Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 24
Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: Abhaya, Anugraha, and the Ethics of Honoring the Worthy (दानश्रेष्ठता: अभय-अनुग्रह-विप्रपूजा)
धनोत्सर्गेडपि च कृते न त्वां क्रोध: प्रधर्षयत्
dhanotsarge 'pi ca kṛte na tvāṁ krodhaḥ pradharṣayat | prītyarthaṁ tava caitan me svargasaṁdarśanaṁ kṛtam ||
即便我着手夺取你的财物，愤怒也未能压倒你。正是这一点，使我对你大为欢喜。因此，噢，国王，人中之主，我才使你——连同你的王后——在这片森林中得见天界，只为令你心满意足。你当明白：这一切作为的用意，唯在使你称心而已。
च्यवन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True virtue is shown by restraint: even under provocation and material loss, one should not be conquered by anger. Such self-mastery becomes the basis for honor, divine favor, and higher attainments.
Cyavana explains that he deliberately created a situation where the king’s wealth was taken away to test him. Seeing that the king did not succumb to anger, Cyavana became pleased and therefore granted the king (with his wife) a vision of heaven in the forest as a reward and reassurance.