वसामः सुसुखं पुत्र ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने ॥
अज्ञाता धार्तराष्ट्राणां सत्कृता वीतमन्यवः ॥
सा चिन्तये सदा पुत्र ब्राह्मणस्यास्य किं न्व् अहम् ॥
प्रियं कुर्याम् इति गृहे यत् कुर्युर् उषिताः सुखम् ॥
एतावान् पुरुषस् तात कृतं यस्मिन् न नश्यति ॥
यावच् च कुर्याद् अन्यो ऽस्य कुर्याद् अभ्यधिकं ततः ॥
तद् इदं ब्राह्मणस्यास्य दुःखम् आपतितं ध्रुवम् ॥
तत्रास्य यदि साहाय्यं कुर्याम सुकृतं भवेत् ॥
vasāmaḥ susukhaṃ putra brāhmaṇasya niveśane ||
ajñātā dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ satkṛtā vītamanyavaḥ ||
sā cintaye sadā putra brāhmaṇasyāsya kiṃ nv aham ||
priyaṃ kuryām iti gṛhe yat kuryur uṣitāḥ sukham ||
etāvān puruṣas tāta kṛtaṃ yasmin na naśyati ||
yāvac ca kuryād anyo 'sya kuryād abhyadhikaṃ tataḥ ||
tad idaṃ brāhmaṇasyāsya duḥkham āpatitaṃ dhruvam ||
tatrāsya yadi sāhāyyaṃ kuryāma sukṛtaṃ bhavet ||
Kunti said: "We live in comfort, son, in the brahmana's dwelling, unknown to the Dhartarashtras, honored, and free of anxiety. I am always thinking, son, what I might do to please this brahmana — as is fitting for those who have lived happily in another's house. Such is a worthy person, child: one in whom good done does not perish, and however much another does for him, he repays it with still more. Now surely misfortune has befallen this brahmana; if we rendered him help in it, that would be a good deed."
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Here Kunti proclaims the dharma of gratitude. Her rule is significant: good must not "perish" in the one who received it — the grateful repay what they have received, and with abundance. Here it is shown that gratitude is a duty of dharma: one who has tasted another's hospitality is obliged to repay it with good, especially in the hour of the benefactor's misfortune. It is significant, too, that Kunti seeks the occasion to serve rather than waiting to be asked: a grateful heart itself watches for a way to help. So scripture shows that true gratitude is active — it turns the mercy received into a returning mercy, greater than before.