Shloka 16
Daṇḍa, Ahiṃsā, and Proportional Kingship: The Dyumatsena–Satyavān Dialogue (दण्ड-अहिंसा-विवेकः)
धर्मो भवति स क्षिप्रं प्रलापस्त्वेव साधुषु । अथैतानाहुरुन्मत्तानपि चावहसन्त्युत
dharmo bhavati sa kṣipraṃ pralāpastv eva sādhuṣu | athaitān āhur unmattān api cāvahasanti uta ||
এনেকুৱা সময়ত মানুহে বেছিভাগে স্বাৰ্থভাবেই ধৰ্মাচৰণ কৰা দেখা যায়। মহৎ লোকৰ ভিতৰত থকা যথাৰ্থ ধৰ্ম মূঢ়ৰ দৃষ্টিত সোনকালে কেৱল প্ৰলাপমাত্ৰ যেন লাগে; তেওঁলোকে সেই ধৰ্মাত্মাসকলক উন্মত্ত বুলি কৈ উপহাস কৰে।
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True dharma, when embodied by the virtuous, may be dismissed by the deluded as mere chatter; social approval is not a reliable measure of righteousness, especially when people act from self-interest.
In the reflective discourse of the Śānti Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira laments a moral climate where most practice dharma for personal gain, while genuinely righteous individuals are derided as foolish or insane.