Shloka 16
Āśrama-dharma and Brahmacarya: Śuka’s Inquiry on Karma and Tyāga (शुक-प्रश्नः कर्मत्यागविवेकश्च)
अनुनीय यथाकामं सत्यसंधो महाव्रतः । स्वै: प्राणैब्राह्मणप्राणान् परित्राय दिवं गत:
anūnīya yathākāmaṃ satyasaṃdho mahāvrataḥ | svaiḥ prāṇair brāhmaṇaprāṇān paritrāya divaṃ gataḥ ||
قال فياسا: «ذلك الملك، العظيم في التزام النذور، الصادق العهد الثابت على الحق، قد استرضى الخصم وهادنه على وفق ما يشتهون، ثم صان حياةَ براهميٍّ بأن بذل من أجلها نَفَسَ حياته. وهكذا إذ أقام الدارما بالتضحية بالنفس، بلغ السماء.»
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is upheld through truthfulness and self-sacrifice: protecting an innocent (here, a Brāhmaṇa) even at the cost of one’s own life is presented as a supreme ethical act that leads to heavenly merit.
Vyāsa recounts an exemplary deed: a great-vowed, truth-steadfast king, after conciliating others as needed, saves a Brāhmaṇa’s life by giving up his own life-breath, and as a result attains heaven.