Shloka 23
Adhyāya 160: Dikpāla-Cosmography and the Sun’s Kālacakra (दिक्पाल-विश्ववर्णनम् तथा आदित्यस्य कालचक्रम्)
ईषच्चपलकर्माणं मनुष्यमिह भारत | द्विषन्ति सर्वभूतानि ताडयन्ति च राक्षसा:,भारत! यहाँ थोड़ी-सी भी चपलता करनेवाले मनुष्यसे सब प्राणी द्वेष करते हैं तथा राक्षसलोग उसपर प्रहार कर बैठते हैं
īṣac capala-karmāṇaṃ manuṣyam iha bhārata | dviṣanti sarva-bhūtāni tāḍayanti ca rākṣasāḥ ||
O Bhārata, in this world even a person who shows the slightest fickleness or rashness in conduct becomes disliked by all beings; and the rākṣasas, seizing upon such heedlessness, strike him down. The teaching is that steadiness and self-control are safeguards, while careless impulsiveness invites hostility and danger.
आर्शिषिण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even minor impulsiveness or fickleness in one’s actions can provoke dislike and opposition; steadiness, restraint, and careful conduct protect a person from social hostility and from predatory forces symbolized by rākṣasas.
Ārśiṣiṇ speaks a cautionary maxim to a Bharata prince, warning that careless, restless behavior makes one vulnerable—both to the animosity of living beings in general and to violent attackers (rākṣasas) who exploit such lapses.