Shloka 25
उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel
एक दिन एक मुनि सत्संगकी दृष्टिसे उसके आश्रमपर पधारे। उस शूद्रने विधिवत् स्वागत-सत्कार करके ऋषिका पूजन किया और उन्हें संतुष्ट कर दिया ।।
eka dina ekaḥ muniḥ satsangadṛṣṭyā tasya āśramam upāgamat | sa śūdraḥ vidhivat svāgata-satkāraṃ kṛtvā ṛṣim apūjayat, taṃ ca santoṣayāmāsa || anukūlāṃ kathāṃ kṛtvā yathāgatam apṛcchat | ṛṣiḥ parama-tejasvī dharmātmā saṃśita-vrataḥ, bharata-bhūṣaṇa nara-śreṣṭha! tataḥ paścāt sa anukūla-vacanaiḥ tasya āgamanasya vṛttāntam apṛcchat | tataḥ sa kaṭhora-vrata-pālakaḥ parama-tejasvī dharmātmā ṛṣiḥ anekavāraṃ tasya śūdrasya āśramam tasya darśanārthaṃ punar upāgamat |
ビーシュマは言った。「ある日、聖なる交わりを求めて一人の仙人がその男の庵を訪れた。シュードラは定めの作法に従って迎え、聖仙を供養し、満足させた。やがて和やかな言葉を交わしたのち、来訪の趣旨を尋ねた。するとその後、厳しい誓戒に堅く立つ、きわめて光輝ある法の人たる仙人は、ただ彼に会うために、幾度もそのシュードラの庵へと訪れるようになった。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True dharma is shown through proper hospitality, reverence, and gentle speech; such conduct attracts the wise and earns spiritual merit irrespective of one’s social designation.
A sage visits a Śūdra’s hermitage seeking holy company; the host welcomes and honors him correctly, asks courteously about his visit, and the pleased sage returns repeatedly to meet him.