Shloka : 210

युक्ताय सम्पदा दैव्या दातव्येयं तु पत्रिका ।

आसुर्या सम्पदाढयाय पुंसे देया न कर्हिचित् ॥ 210 ॥

અને આ જે અમારી શિક્ષાપત્રી તે જે તે, દૈવી સંપદાએ કરીને યુક્ત જે જન હોય - તેને આપવી; અને જે જન આસુરી સંપદાએ કરીને યુક્ત હોય, તેને તો ક્યારેય ન આપવી. ॥ 210 ॥

And My Shikshapatri should be given to the people having divine qualities; and it should never be given to the people having evil characteristics. || 210 ||

Commentary

Now, Shri Hari instructs that the Shikshapatri should be given to the people having divine qualities but it should never be given to the people born under 'Asursarg', having evil character­istics, because charity performed to an uneligible person generates unfavourable results.

The strength of irreligiousness are false statements, accusa­tions, to wish for someone else’s misfortune, jealousy, greed, strong desires, possessiveness and attachment towards body and body related objects. And 'Adharma Sarg' is represented by ar­rogance, greed, envy, lust, anger, pride, ego, temptation, harsh speech, attachment, stubbornness, un­truthfull activities, fighting disposition, treachery, impurity, dishonesty, stealing disposition, addiction of wine-alcoholic liquor, unkindness, gambling etc. vices, atheism, lazyness, tendency to back-bite, strong desires, passion, anger, fear, grief, ignorance, addiction; offensive speech, deceit, violence, sin, an act which could result in someone’s death, torture etc. These strengths of irreligiousness and 'Adharma Sarg' are very dear to the people having evil characteristics. And they should be given up by the seekers having divine qualities.

The strength of religiousness are faith, peaceful attitude, compassion, ability to understand matter, contentment, mental strength, performing religious rites, friendly attitude towards the devotees of God, tolerance in good and bad times, to feel ashamed if behaved in improper manner, follow the methods described by the scriptures, progress towards salvation with determination, rever­ence towards idols, eagerness to perform the activities leading towards salvation, gradual evolvement through salvation related qualities. And the 'Dharma Sarg' i.e. divine qualities are repre­sented by knowledge, ascetism, glory, fearlesness, harmony between the thoughts, speech and action, prowess, truthfullness, piousness, bliss, ability to perform

the activities as per the instructions of the scriptures, stability in contemplation of the divine form of soul - Supreme God, patience, tenderness, content­ment, to control the senses of action, renouncement, meditative qualities, Yoga, Yagya, to control the emotions, to control the outer senses of perception, loyalty, lack of strong desires, belief in God, forgiveness, memory or remembrance, brilliance, purity of heart, auspiciousness, lack of grief, meditation, equal­ity, privilege to study spiritual knowledge, pleasant speech, pious wealth which can lead towards salvation, ‘Udyam’ which is to work on the path of salvation through the contact of saints, commemoration of scriptures etc..

The people, who have such characteristics of 'Dharma Sarg' i.e. religious characteristics and who worship God to attain salvation should be considered as the people with divine qualities. Shikshapatri should be given to such people only. But the people who have no faith in the idol of God and scriptures, should never be given this Shikshapatri.