Shloka 331
कालयुक्तधर्मविवेकः
Discerning Dharma in Accord with Time
अरण्ये विजने न्यस्तं परस्व॑ दृश्यते यदा । मनसापि न हिंसन्ति ते नरा: स्वर्गगामिन:
araṇye vijane nyastaṃ parasvaṃ dṛśyate yadā | manasāpi na hiṃsanti te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ ||
जब निर्जन वन में पड़ा हुआ पराया धन दिखाई दे, तब जो मन से भी उसका अपहरण नहीं सोचते, वे मनुष्य स्वर्गगामी होते हैं।
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
True righteousness includes restraint at the level of intention: even when one could easily take or violate another’s unattended property, a virtuous person does not harm it even in thought. Such inner integrity is praised as leading to Svarga.
Śrī Maheśvara states a moral criterion: encountering someone else’s goods in an isolated place becomes a test of character. Those who refrain from any harmful or covetous impulse are described as heaven-bound.