Shloka 8
अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः
Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind
नारुन्तुदः स्यान्न नृशंसवादी न हीनत: परमभ्याददीत । ययास्य वाचा पर उद्विजेत नतां वदेद्रुषतीं पापलोक्याम्
nārun-tudaḥ syān na nṛśaṃsa-vādī na hīnataḥ param abhyādadīta | yayāsya vācā para udvijeta na tāṃ vaded ruṣatīṃ pāpa-lokyām ||
Dijo el Haṃsa: «No se debe herir el corazón de los demás ni hablar con crueldad. No se debe aceptar enseñanza elevada de una persona de ánimo vil. Y no se debe pronunciar palabra que inquiete a otros: palabra áspera, funesta y que conduce a mundos de pecado.»
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
Guard speech as a primary instrument of dharma: do not wound others, do not speak cruelly, avoid taking lofty instruction from a morally base source, and refrain from uttering words that cause agitation and lead to sin.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, the Haṃsa delivers a compact ethical rule about right conduct, focusing especially on restraint in speech and discernment regarding from whom one receives spiritual instruction.