देशे काले च पात्रे च तद्दानं सात्त्विकं स्मृतम् ॥
दान देना कर्तव्य है ऐसे भावसे जो दान देश, काल और पात्रके प्राप्त होनेपर अनुपकारीको दिया जाता है, वह दान सात्त्विक कहा गया है ॥
एक मूल शिक्षा · स्थिर करने वाला भाव · सहज प्रवेश
“Giving becomes pure when nothing is being bought in return.”
दान देना कर्तव्य है ऐसे भावसे जो दान देश, काल और पात्रके प्राप्त होनेपर अनुपकारीको दिया जाता है, वह दान सात्त्विक कहा गया है ॥
श्लोक क्रम में — हर संस्कृत शब्द और नीचे उसका अर्थ। किसी शब्द पर जाकर उसे देखें।
शब्दशःto be given · thus · which · gift · is given · to one who does not return a favor · in place · in time · and · to a worthy recipient · and · that · gift · sattvic · is remembered as
A gift is pure when it is given as a duty, to the right person, at the right time and place, without expecting anything back.
यह श्लोक Krishna द्वारा कहा गया है, कुरुक्षेत्र की भूमि पर, अध्याय "श्रद्धात्रय विभाग योग" में।
श्लोक 20 भगवद् गीता के 17वें अध्याय में है — श्रद्धात्रय विभाग योग। इस अध्याय में कुल 28 श्लोक हैं।
You send money to a friend who will never repay you, or help quietly without posting it anywhere. The act feels clean because it was never a transaction.
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It shifts giving from exchange to offering, so the mind stops counting what comes back.
इस श्लोक का अर्थ
A gift is pure when it is given as a duty, to the right person, at the right time and place, without expecting anything back.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On Kurukshetra, with Arjuna still shaken and Krishna teaching the nature of faith, the discussion turns to giving. After rejecting prideful and harmful charity, Krishna defines the clearest form of giving: timely, fitting, and free from expectation.
आज के जीवन में महत्व
You send money to a friend who will never repay you, or help quietly without posting it anywhere. The act feels clean because it was never a transaction.
“Generosity feels lighter when it is free of self-interest.”
संबंधित विषय: shraddha (34 श्लोक), tyaga (14 श्लोक), dana (11 श्लोक)