Shloka 72
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
न राजानं मृषा गच्छेन्न द्विजातिं कथंचन । नस्त्रियं स्त्रीगुणोपेतां हन्युहोते मृषा गता:
na rājānaṁ mṛṣā gacchen na dvijātiṁ kathaṁcana | na striyaṁ strīguṇopetāṁ hanyuhote mṛṣā gatāḥ ||
ジャナカ王は言った。「欺きによって王に近づいてはならぬ。いかなる形であれ偽りの口実で二度生まれ（婆羅門）に近づいてはならぬ。さらに、貞淑なる妻の徳を具えた女のもとへ、変装して近づいてはならぬ。王たち、婆羅門たち、そして節を守る女たちは、そのような変装者に欺かれると激怒し、彼を滅びへと追いやるからである。」
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Deceitful approach—especially by disguise or false pretence—toward figures of authority and sanctity (king, Brāhmaṇa, and a chaste, virtuous woman) is condemned; such deception invites severe retaliation and ruin. The verse reinforces satya (truthfulness) and maryādā (proper boundaries) as pillars of dharma.
In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Janaka delivers a moral warning: do not attempt to gain access or advantage through false identity or trickery when dealing with powerful rulers, revered religious persons, or women protected by the moral force of chastity; the deceiver risks destruction when the deception is discovered.