Shloka 32
Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)
पूजितस्यार्थमानाभ्यां जन्तो: पूर्वापकारिण: । मनो भवत्यविश्वस्तं कर्म त्रासयतेडबलान्
pūjitasya arthamānābhyāṃ jantoḥ pūrvāpakāriṇaḥ | mano bhavaty aviśvastaṃ karma trāsayate durbalān ||
যি প্ৰাণীয়ে আগতে আনৰ অপকাৰ কৰিছে, তাক দান আৰু মানেৰে পূজিলেও তাৰ মন বিশ্বাসী নহয়। নিজৰেই কৰা অন্যায় কৰ্মৰ ফলভয়ে তাক সদায় তাড়িত কৰে—সন্দেহ আৰু পৰিণামভয়ে দুৰ্বলকো ভীত কৰে।
ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
Past wrongdoing breeds inner distrust and fear; external honor or generosity cannot easily remove the anxiety created by one’s own unethical actions. Karma here is presented as an inner psychological force that unsettles the wrongdoer.
Brahmadatta is reflecting on the mindset of a former aggressor: even when treated kindly and respectfully, such a person remains suspicious and fearful because his own prior harmful conduct continues to trouble him.