Shloka 34
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproof and Vow-Logic: On Dice-Deception, Exile Terms, and the Governance of Anger
Adhyāya 35
अथवानडुहे राजन् साधवे साधुवाहिने | सौहित्यदानादेतस्मादेनस: प्रतिमुच्यते,राजन्! अथवा अच्छी तरह बोझ ढोनेवाले उत्तम बैलको भरपेट भोजन दे देनेपर इस पापसे आपको छुटकारा मिल सकता है
athavā naḍuhe rājan sādhave sādhuvāhine | sauhityadānād etasmād enasaḥ pratimucyate rājan ||
ビーマセーナは言った。「あるいは王よ、よく荷を負い、温和で従順な良き牡牛に、腹いっぱいの餌を与えるなら、この罪から解き放たれよう。その慈しみの施しは、王よ、贖罪となるのだ。」
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A wrong can be lightened through compassionate, restorative giving: feeding a hardworking, gentle draught-ox to full satiety is presented as a practical act of expiation that counters sin by directly supporting a worthy, burden-bearing creature.
Bhīmasena addresses a king and proposes an alternative means of atonement: instead of other remedies, the king can be freed from the stated offence by offering generous nourishment to a good, load-bearing ox—an ethical gesture emphasizing care for those who serve through labor.