Shloka 24
अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः
Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving
अयोजयित्वा क्लेशेन जन प्लाव्य च दुष्कृतम् । मृत्युना55त्मकृते नेह कर्म कृत्वा55त्मशक्तिभि:
ayojayitvā kleśena janaṁ plāvya ca duṣkṛtam | mṛtyunā ātmakṛte neha karma kṛtvā ātmaśaktibhiḥ ||
قال باراشارا: «من غير أن يُلحق بأحدٍ مشقّة، ينبغي للمرء أن يغسل إساءته بالزهد والتكفير (prāyaścitta)؛ ثم، بعد أن يعمل الأعمال الصالحة على قدر طاقته، يمكنه أن يقبل الموت طوعًا—لا أن يُساق إليه بسلاسل عواقب أفعالٍ صنعها بيده».
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wrongdoing should be purified through penance and expiation without harming others; thereafter one should live by wholesome action within one’s capacity, meeting death with conscious acceptance rather than as a forced consequence of one’s own misdeeds.
In Śānti Parva’s dharma-instructional discourse, the sage Parāśara lays down a moral guideline: cleanse sin through prāyaścitta, avoid causing suffering to others, and then pursue good works proportionate to one’s strength, culminating in a composed acceptance of death.