Shloka 353
पापानां च त्वमावास: कर्मणां मा पुनर्वद । वृष्णिकूलकलंक! तू ही ऐसे-ऐसे पाप करनेवाला और पाप-कर्मोंका भण्डार है, मैं नहीं। अत: फिर ऐसी बातें मुँहले न निकालना
pāpānāṁ ca tvam āvāsaḥ karmaṇāṁ mā punaḥ vada | vṛṣṇikūlakalaṅka |
قال دْهْرِشْتَديومْنَة: «أنتَ مأوى الآثام ومستودع الأفعال الآثمة—فلا تُخاطبني بعد اليوم بتلك الطريقة. يا وصمةً على سلالة فْرِشْنِي! أنتَ الذي يقترف مثل هذه الخطايا ويكدّس تلك الأعمال الشريرة، لا أنا؛ فإيّاك أن تدع مثل هذه الكلمات تخرج من فمك مرةً أخرى.»
धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns hypocrisy and moral accusation without self-scrutiny: one who is himself a storehouse of wrongdoing should not posture as a judge of another. It also stresses restraint and responsibility in speech—do not repeat slanderous or unethical talk.
In the heated context of the Kurukṣetra war, Dhṛṣṭadyumna delivers a sharp rebuke to an opponent/critic, rejecting blame and turning the charge back: he brands the other as a disgrace to the Vṛṣṇi lineage and warns him not to speak such accusations again.