Shloka 11
अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः
Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind
क्षेपायमाणमभिषड़व्यलीकं निगृह्नाति ज्वलितं यश्व मन्युम् । अदुष्टचेता मुदितो5नसूयु: स आदत्ते सुकृतं वै परेषाम्
kṣepāyamāṇam abhiṣaḍ-avyalīkaṃ nigṛhṇāti jvalitaṃ yaś ca manyum | aduṣṭa-cetā mudito 'nasūyuḥ sa ādatte sukṛtaṃ vai pareṣām ||
Quien, al ser injuriado, refrena su ira ardiente—manteniéndose recto y sin engaño—quien conserva la mente sin mancha, permanece alegre y no alberga envidia: ese hombre, en verdad, toma para sí el mérito ganado por los demás. En la visión ética de las enseñanzas del Śānti, el dominio paciente ante el insulto no es mera resistencia; se vuelve un medio poderoso de acrecentar la virtud.
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that restraining anger when insulted—while remaining sincere, pure-minded, cheerful, and non-envious—creates great spiritual merit; such patience is said to draw to oneself the merit that would otherwise belong to others.
Haṃsa is instructing on dharma in the Śānti Parva, describing the ideal response to abuse: the virtuous person does not retaliate, but masters anger and maintains inner purity, thereby gaining moral and spiritual benefit.