Shloka 25
इमे सद्धर्ममाहात्म्ययशोवीर्यनिवर्तिन: । नाहन्ति व्यसन भोक्तुं नन्वेषां क्रियतां दया
Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca: ime saddharma-māhātmya-yaśo-vīrya-nivartinaḥ | nārhanti vyasanaṃ bhoktuṃ, nanv eṣāṃ kriyatāṃ dayā ||
قال فايشَمبايانا: «إن هؤلاء (أبنائي) سالكون للطريق النبيل—يهتدون بعظمة الدارما الحقّة، وبسيرة ذوي النفوس العظيمة وسمعتهم وبأسهم. لا يستحقون أن يذوقوا نازلةً من النوازل. فلهذا، أيها المُبجَّل، أسبغ عليهم رحمتك».
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames compassion (dayā) as an ethical response aligned with saddharma: those who strive to follow righteous exemplars should not be crushed by misfortune, and a superior is urged to temper judgment with mercy.
In the midst of the Sabha Parva’s crisis and punitive outcomes, a speaker pleads before a revered authority that ‘my sons’—portrayed as dharma-following and noble—should not be made to endure suffering, and requests compassionate intervention.