Shloka 6
मांसपरिवर्जन-प्रशंसा (Praise of Abstention from Meat) / Ethics of Ahiṃsā in Diet and Rite
यदि व्याहरते राजन् विप्राणां धर्मवादिनाम् | ततोअधर्मकृतात् क्षिप्रमपवादात् प्रमुच्यते
yadi vyāharate rājan viprāṇāṃ dharmavādinām | tato 'dharmakṛtāt kṣipram apavādāt pramucyate ||
যুধিষ্ঠিৰ ক’লে—ৰাজন! যদি পাপী মানুহে ধৰ্মবক্তা ব্ৰাহ্মণসকলৰ আগত নিজৰ পাপ প্ৰকাশ কৰে, তেন্তে সি সেই অধৰ্মকৃত কৰ্মজনিত নিন্দা-অপবাদৰ পৰা শীঘ্ৰে মুক্ত হয়।
युधिछ्िर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Confession before qualified dharma-knowing Brahmins reduces the burden of wrongdoing by removing the social and moral reproach (apavāda) that follows adharma; truthful disclosure is presented as a step toward purification and restoration.
Yudhiṣṭhira addresses the king and states a principle of ethical conduct: when a sinner admits his fault to dharma-expounding Brahmins, he quickly becomes free from the blame generated by that unrighteous act.