Shloka 8
Strī-satkāra (On honoring women) — Mahābhārata 13.46
तथैव हि भवेयुस्ते लोका: पापकृतो यथा । कृत्वा नाचक्षत: कर्म मम तच्च यथाकृतम्,तुमने मेरी स्त्रीकी रक्षा करते समय जिस प्रकार वह पापकर्म किया था, उसे करके भी मुझे बताया नहीं था; अतः तुम्हें वे ही पापाचारियोंके लोक मिल सकते थे
tathaiva hi bhaveyus te lokāḥ pāpakṛto yathā | kṛtvā nācakṣataḥ karma mama tac ca yathākṛtam |
Dijo Vipula: «Así, en verdad, podrías alcanzar los mismos mundos que les corresponden a los pecadores. Pues aunque cometiste aquel acto —hecho, como fue, al proteger a mi esposa— no me lo revelaste; por ello podrías estar destinado a los mismos ámbitos que quienes practican el mal.»
विपुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when an act is performed under a seemingly protective motive, concealment and lack of accountability can taint it ethically; actions and their intentions must be aligned with truthfulness, or one risks the moral consequences associated with wrongdoing.
Vipula rebukes someone for having committed a questionable act while protecting Vipula’s wife and then hiding it from him; he declares that such concealment makes the person liable to the same post-mortem fate as sinners.