Shloka 23
आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः
Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca
तत्र चागत्य चाण्डालो हारण्ये कृतकेतन: । प्रयोजयति चोन्माथं नित्यमस्तंगते रवौ
tatra cāgatya cāṇḍālo hāraṇye kṛtaketanaḥ | prayojayati conmāthaṃ nityam astaṃgate ravau ||
তাত এজন চাণ্ডালো আহি সেই অৰণ্যত নিজৰ বাসস্থান স্থাপন কৰিলে। সি প্ৰতিদিন সূৰ্য অস্ত যোৱাৰ পাছত তাত আহি ফাঁদ পাতি, তাৰ ৰছীবোৰ যথাস্থানত বান্ধি ঘৰলৈ উভতি গৈ নিশ্চিন্তে শুই থাকিল; পুৱা হ’লে পুনৰ তাত আহিল।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse sets up an ethical scenario: a person living on the margins follows a fixed routine of laying traps at sunset and returning at dawn. In Śānti Parva’s dharma-discourse, such details typically prepare reflection on how habitual actions, means of livelihood, and intention can carry moral weight and consequences.
A Caṇḍāla residing in a forest goes each evening after sunset to a particular place, sets a snare by arranging its cords properly, returns home to sleep, and comes back in the morning—describing a regular trapping routine.