Shloka 22
Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)
जाने त्वां बालिशमतिमकृतात्मानमस्थिरम् । ममेयं रक्ष्यते मूढ गच्छ पाप यथागतम्
jāne tvāṃ bāliśamatim akṛtātmānam asthiram | mamaiyāṃ rakṣyate mūḍha gaccha pāpa yathāgatam ||
‘মই তোক জানো—তই মূঢ়বুদ্ধি, আত্মসংযমহীন আৰু অস্থিৰ। হে মূঢ় পাপী! এই নাৰী মোৰ ৰক্ষাত আছে; যিদৰে আহিছিলি, সেইদৰেই উভতি যা।’
विपुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma includes restraint and the duty to protect those under one’s care; lack of self-discipline and unstable desire are condemned, and wrongdoing is to be checked through firm moral rebuke.
Vipula confronts an unnamed wrongdoer who approaches a woman with improper intent, declares that he knows the man’s unstable and undisciplined nature, asserts the woman is under his protection, and orders the offender to leave immediately.