Shloka 48
Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)
नैवापकारे कम्मिंश्चिदहं त्वयि तथा भवान् | उषितास्मि गृहे5हं ते नेदानीं विश्वसाम्पहम्,अबतक तो न मैंने कोई आपका अपकार किया था और न आपने ही मेरी कोई हानि की थी; इसलिये मैं आपके महलमें रहती थी, किंतु अब मैं आपका विश्वास नहीं कर सकती
naivāpakāre kammiṁścid ahaṁ tvayi tathā bhavān | uṣitāsmī gṛhe'haṁ te nedānīṁ viśvasāmpaham ||
Brahmadatta said: “Truly, I have done you no harm in any way, nor have you harmed me in that manner. Therefore I lived in your house; but now I can no longer place my trust in you.”
ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when no prior harm has occurred, trust is a moral bond that can be broken by conduct; once confidence is lost, continued association (such as living in someone’s house) becomes ethically untenable.
Brahmadatta explains that the relationship had been free of mutual injury, which justified living in the other person’s household; however, a new development has made the other party untrustworthy, so Brahmadatta declares an inability to rely on them any longer.