Shloka 44
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
मा जुगुप्सां कृथा: पुत्र त्वमत्रार्थे कथंचन । त्वयैतद्धि समाचीर्ण गौतमस्याश्रमे तदा,“बेटा! इस कार्यमें तुम किसी तरह घृणा न करो; क्योंकि गौतमके आश्रममें रहते समय तुमने अनेक बार ऐसा किया है”
mā jugupsāṃ kṛthāḥ putra tvam atrārthe kathaṃcana | tvayaitaddhi samācīrṇaṃ gautamasyāśrame tadā ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana berkata, “Anakku, jangan merasa jijik sedikit pun dalam perkara ini. Sebab engkau sendiri pernah melakukan hal yang sama dahulu, ketika tinggal di pertapaan Gautama.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should not reject a prescribed or contextually necessary act merely out of personal revulsion; ethical steadiness includes overcoming aversion when duty or prior discipline supports the action.
Vaiśaṃpāyana addresses someone as ‘son’ and counsels him not to feel disgust about a particular task, reminding him that he had already performed the same kind of act earlier while living in the hermitage of the sage Gautama.