Shloka 14
Śama-prāptiḥ — Gautamī–Lubdhaka–Pannaga–Mṛtyu–Kāla-saṃvāda
Restraint through the Analysis of Karma and Time
अन्यस्मिन्नपि लोके वै यथा मुच्येम किल्बिषात् | तथा प्रशाधि मां राजन् मम चेदिच्छसि प्रियम्
anyasminn api loke vai yathā mucyema kilbiṣāt | tathā praśādhi māṃ rājan mama ced icchasi priyam, nareśvara | niścaya hi vidhātāne naḥ pāpī hi racā hai | rājan yadi āp mera priya karanā cāhate haiṃ to mujhe aisā upadeśa dījiye, jisase paralok meṃ bhī mujhe is pāp se chuṭkārā mil sake |
Dijo Yudhiṣṭhira: «Dime, oh rey, cómo también en el otro mundo podremos quedar libres del pecado. Instrúyeme de ese modo, si deseas hacer lo que me es grato, oh señor de los hombres. Pues parece cierto que el Creador nos ha hecho pecadores. Por tanto, oh rey, si has de concederme lo que busco, dame tal consejo que aun en el más allá obtenga liberación de esta falta.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral inquiry: true guidance must address not only immediate consequences but also the ethical and karmic burden that follows into the next life. Yudhiṣṭhira seeks instruction (praśāsana) for release from kilbiṣa—guilt/sin—implying the need for dharmic counsel and expiation that restores moral order beyond this world.
Yudhiṣṭhira, burdened by the sense of wrongdoing, addresses a kingly authority (nareśvara) and requests a definitive teaching on how to be freed from sin even in the afterlife. His words convey deep remorse and a feeling of being bound by fate (vidhātā), motivating his plea for corrective instruction.