Shloka 16
Chatra–Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative
Jamadagni–Reṇukā–Sūrya Saṃvāda
भूगुरुवाच प्रत्याक्रोशेदिहाक्रुष्टस्ताडित: प्रतिताडयेत् । खादेच्च पृष्ठमांसानि यस्ते हरति पुष्करम्,भगु बोले--मुने! जिसने आपके कमलकी चोरी की है, वह गाली सुनकर बदलेमें गाली दे और मार खाकर बदलेमें स्वयं भी मारे तथा दूसरेकी पीठके मांस खाय अर्थात् उपर्युक्त पापोंका भागी हो
bhṛgur uvāca pratyākrośed ihākr̥ṣṭas tāḍitaḥ pratitäḍayet | khādec ca pṛṣṭhamāṁsāni yas te harati puṣkaram ||
ブリグは言った。「ここで罵られたなら罵り返し、打たれたなら打ち返すがよい。そなたの蓮華を盗んだ者には、他人の背の肉を食らうほどにまで堕ちさせよ――すなわち、先に述べた罪業そのものの分け前を負う者とせよ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Retaliation—returning abuse for abuse and violence for violence—draws one into the same moral fault; it is portrayed as becoming a participant in sin rather than upholding dharma.
Within Bhīṣma’s discourse, a saying attributed to Bhṛgu is cited: the wrongdoer who stole a lotus is described as one who, when confronted, answers with counter-abuse and counter-violence, even to the point of extreme cruelty—an image used to underline the spiral of wrongdoing.