Shloka 3
Āpava
Vasiṣṭha) and the Vasus: the Kāmadhenu Theft and the Curse (Śaṃtanu–Gaṅgā Saṃvāda
अवाप्य दीर्घमायुस्तु यः प्राप्तो विकृतिं चरेत् तप्यते यदि तत् कृत्वा चरेत् सो5न्यत् तपस्तत:,जो वानप्रस्थ बड़ी आयु पाकर भी विषयोंके प्राप्त होनेपर उनसे विकृत हो उन्हींमें विचरने लगता है, उसे यदि विषयोपभोगके अनन्तर पश्चात्ताप होता है तो उसे मोक्षके लिये पुन: तपका अनुष्ठान करना चाहिये
avāpya dīrgham āyus tu yaḥ prāpto vikṛtiṁ caret | tapyate yadi tat kṛtvā caret so 'nyat tapas tataḥ ||
দীৰ্ঘায়ু লাভ কৰিও যি মানুহ বিষয়-সংস্পৰ্শত বিকৃত হৈ তাতেই মগ্ন থাকে, আৰু ভোগৰ পাছত যদি অনুতাপে দগ্ধ হয়, তেন্তে মোক্ষলাভৰ উদ্দেশ্যে তাক পুনৰ তপস্যাৰ অনুশীলন কৰিব লাগে।
जटद्टक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Long life is not a guarantee of righteousness. If one is led astray by sense-pleasures and later feels genuine remorse, that remorse should be converted into disciplined austerity and self-restraint directed toward purification and liberation.
Jaṭāyus delivers a moral instruction: he describes a person who, despite longevity, becomes corrupted by sense-objects; if that person later repents after indulgence, he should undertake renewed tapas as a corrective path toward mokṣa.