Shloka 12
स्वर्गारोहणपर्व — तृतीयोऽध्यायः
Indra and Dharma’s Consolation; Celestial Gaṅgā Purification
न च मन्युस्त्वया कार्य: शृणु चेद॑ वचो मम | अवश्यं नरकस्तात द्रष्टव्य: सर्वराजभि:,“तात! तुम्हें जो नरक देखना पड़ा है इसके लिये क्रोध न करना। मेरी यह बात सुनो! समस्त राजाओंको निश्चय ही नरक देखना पड़ता है
na ca manyus tvayā kāryaḥ śṛṇu ced vaco mama | avaśyaṃ narakas tāta draṣṭavyaḥ sarvarājabhiḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “Do not give way to anger because of this. Listen to my words: O dear one, it is inevitable that all kings must behold hell.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse counsels restraint of anger and frames the vision of hell as an inevitable consequence tied to the burdens and moral entanglements of kingship; one should accept the experience as part of karmic order rather than react with wrath.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a listener who has been made to witness hell and urges him not to be angry, explaining that such a sight is something all kings are destined to encounter.