Shloka 65
कर्णनिधनवृत्तान्तनिवेदनम् | Reporting Karṇa’s Fall to Yudhiṣṭhira
पापेभ्यो हि धनं दत्तं दातारमपि पीडयेत् । जहाँतक वश चले, किसी तरह उन लुटेरोंको धन नहीं देना चाहिये; क्योंकि पापियोंको दिया हुआ धन दाताको भी दुःख देता है ।।
pāpebhyo hi dhanaṃ dattaṃ dātāram api pīḍayet | yāvatakaṃ vaśaṃ cale, kathaṃcid api tān luṭerān dhanaṃ na dātavyaṃ; yato hi pāpiṣu dattaṃ dhanaṃ dātāram api duḥkhayati || tasmād dharmārtham anṛtam uktvā nānṛtabhāg bhavet; etac chrutvā brūhi pārtha yadi vadhyo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
Vāyu bersabda: “Harta yang diberikan kepada orang jahat pada akhirnya menyiksa bahkan si pemberi. Karena itu, sejauh masih dalam kendali, janganlah memberi uang kepada para perampok itu; sebab harta yang diberikan kepada para pendosa kembali menjadi penderitaan bagi sang dermawan. Maka, bila demi dharma seseorang mengucapkan ketidakbenaran, ia tidak menanggung cela kebohongan. Setelah mendengar ini, katakanlah, wahai Pārtha: apakah Yudhiṣṭhira masih harus dibunuh?”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage distinguishes between harmful giving and righteous speech: giving wealth to the wicked rebounds as suffering for the donor, and speaking an untruth specifically to protect or uphold dharma is presented as not incurring the ordinary moral fault of falsehood.
Vāyudeva addresses Arjuna, offering ethical guidance relevant to the battlefield: avoid empowering wrongdoers, and consider that a strategic untruth aimed at preserving dharma may be morally exempt. He then presses Arjuna to judge whether Yudhiṣṭhira should still be treated as a legitimate target for killing.