Shloka 50
पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages
प्रज्ञाचक्षुर्नर इह दोषं नैवानुरुध्यते
prajñācakṣur nara iha doṣaṃ naivānurudhyate
真の分別に導かれた智慧の眼をもつ者は、この世において過失や邪なる行いに執着しない——それに従わず、弁解せず、己の行いをそれに支配させない。
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
True wisdom functions like an inner eye: it recognizes moral fault as fault and therefore does not consent to it. A discerning person neither rationalizes wrongdoing nor lets it shape action; ethical clarity prevents complicity.
In the Vana Parva’s dharma-instruction episode, the vyādha (hunter) continues advising the inquirer on right conduct. Here he emphasizes that a person endowed with prajñā (discernment) does not align himself with doṣa (moral defect), underscoring practical ethics over mere status or appearance.