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व्रीहिद्रौणिकपर्वन् (vrIhidrauNikaparvan)

 
Mahabharata
English
[Vrīhidrauṇikaparvan(ºva)]
(“on the droṇa of rice”, the 45th of the minor parvans of Mhbhr.). § 519. Dwelling in the woods, the Pāṇḍavas spent eleven years in a miserable plight, Yudhishṭhira repenting of his act of gambling, and the others thinking of revenge. Once Vyāsa came to them and spoke to Yudhishṭhira about the meritoriousness of asceticism, saying that a wise man, knowing that life has its ups and downs, is neither filled with joy nor with grief, while foolish persons are reborn as beasts in after life
nothing in this world is more difficult to practise than charity, and therefore charity is superior to everything
even a small gift may be of great result in future life, provided that what is given away is properly acquired and, with a pure mind and in due time, bestowed on pious persons
but the bestowal of ill-gotten gains can never rescue the giver from evil (III, 259).--§ 520: Mudgala (q.v.)