Shloka 21
Draupadī’s Lament and the Question of Kṣatriya Forbearance (द्रौपद्याः शोकप्रलापः क्षमानिर्णयश्च)
वा जम हर्तृश्ष तेजसैवोपगच्छति । लोक: सर्पाद् वेश्मगतादिव,जो उपकारी मनुष्यों और चोरोंके साथ भी उत्तेजनायुक्त बर्ताव ही करता है, उससे सब लोग उसी प्रकार उद्दिग्न होते हैं, जैसे घरमें रहनेवाले सर्पसे
vā jama hartr̥śa tejasāivopagacchati | lokaḥ sarpād veśmagatādiva, yo upakārī manuṣyāṁś ca corāṁś ca saha api uttejanāyuktaṁ vyavahāram eva karoti; tena sarve lokāḥ tathā udvignā bhavanti yathā gṛhe nivāsinaḥ sarpeṇa |
Prahlāda said: Even one who is capable of helping others, if he approaches people with mere heat of temper and behaves in an agitating, provocative way—even toward ordinary folk and even toward thieves—makes everyone uneasy. People become disturbed by him just as the residents of a house are alarmed by a snake living within it.
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