Shloka 13
Akṣara–Kṣara Viveka: Vasiṣṭha–Karāla-Janaka Saṃvāda (अक्षर-क्षर विवेकः)
तथा कामकृतं नास्य विहिंसैवानुकर्षति । इत्याहुर्ब्रह्मशास्त्रज्ञा ब्राह्मणा ब्रह्म॒वादिन:
tathā kāmakṛtaṃ nāsya vihiṃsaivānukarṣati | ity āhur brahmaśāstrajñā brāhmaṇā brahmavādinaḥ ||
তেমনি কামবশত কৃত হিংসাকে অহিংসা-ব্রতও টেনে সরাতে পারে না—ব্রহ্মশাস্ত্রজ্ঞ ব্রহ্মবাদী ব্রাহ্মণগণ এ কথাই বলেন।
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral responsibility hinges on intention: accidental or unknowing harm may be mitigated through sincere observance of ahiṃsā and restraint, but violence committed knowingly and driven by desire is not erased merely by adopting a non-violence vow; it requires deeper accountability and appropriate expiation.
Parāśara is presenting a dharma-judgment grounded in Brahmanical scriptural authority, citing what learned Brahmin teachers say about how vows and ethical disciplines relate to the consequences of violence—distinguishing inadvertent harm from deliberate, desire-motivated injury.