Shloka 26
Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: Abhaya, Anugraha, and the Ethics of Honoring the Worthy (दानश्रेष्ठता: अभय-अनुग्रह-विप्रपूजा)
यत् ते वने5स्मिन् नृपते दृष्टं दिव्यं निदर्शनम्
yat te vane 'smin nṛpate dṛṣṭaṃ divyaṃ nidarśanam | nareśvara rājan asmin vane tvaṃ yo divyo dṛśyo dṛṣṭavān sa svargasyaikā jhāṅkā āsīt | nṛpaśreṣṭha bhūpāla tvam ātmanaḥ patnyā saha asminn eva śarīreṇa kiñcit kālaṃ svargīya-sukham anubhūtavān asi ||
遮婆那说道：“噢，国王，你在此林中所见那奇妙而神圣的景象，不过是天界的一瞥。人中之主、诸王之最——你与王后在这同一具身躯中，短暂品尝了天上的安乐。你当以此为征：功德之果固可亲尝，然若不立于达摩（正法），终究转瞬即逝。”
च्यवन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores that extraordinary pleasures and visions—like a glimpse of heaven—can arise as fruits of merit, but they are temporary. A ruler should not cling to such experiences; instead, he should ground his life in dharma, which alone gives lasting welfare beyond momentary delight.
Sage Cyavana addresses a king who has witnessed a divine spectacle in a forest. Cyavana explains that what the king saw was a preview of heaven, and that the king, along with his queen, briefly experienced heavenly happiness while still embodied.