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 ||
Vipula said: “I know you—foolish in understanding, undisciplined in self-control, and unsteady. This woman is under my protection. Deluded sinner, go back the way you came.”
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.