Shloka 8
Arjuna’s Account of Tapas and the Kirāta Test; Revelation of Maheśvara and the Grant of the Pāśupata-Astra
वृथा55चारसमारम्भ: प्रेत्य चेह विनश्यति । साहसे वर्तमानानां निकृतीनां दुरात्मनाम्,साहसके कार्योंमें लगे हुए ठग एवं दुरात्मा पुरुषोंके उत्तम कर्मोंका अनुष्ठान इस लोक और परलोकमें भी व्यर्थ नष्टप्राय ही है
vṛthācārasamārambhaḥ pretya ceha vinaśyati | sāhase vartamānānāṃ nikṛtīnāṃ durātmanām ||
ダナダは言った。「虚しさ、あるいは不義の行いから始まる企ては、現世においても死後においても滅びる。欺きに長け、邪なる魂を抱き、無謀な暴力に執着する者にとっては、たとえ『善き行い』『功徳の業』と見えるものですら空しく崩れ、この世も来世も無益に帰する。」
धनद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions rooted in vain or unrighteous conduct do not yield lasting merit; for deceitful and violent people, even seemingly good deeds become ineffective, failing both in this life and after death.
Dhanada (Kubera) delivers a moral warning: those who live by reckless violence and deception undermine their own welfare, so their undertakings and claimed virtues collapse without beneficial results.