Shloka 15
आपद्-राजनीतिः (Āpad-rājanīti) — Policy Options in Multi-Front Crisis
कृतघ्नेषु च या सक्ता नृशंसेष्वलसेषु च | अपकारिषु चासक्ता सा55शा कृशतरी मया
kṛtaghneṣu ca yā saktā nṛśaṃseṣv alaseṣu ca | apakāriṣu cāsaktā sāśā kṛśatarī mayā ||
«ក្តីសង្ឃឹម» ដែលជាប់ពាក់នឹងមនុស្សអកតញ្ញូ មនុស្សឃោរឃៅ មនុស្សខ្ជិល និងអ្នកដែលធ្វើអំពើអាក្រក់ដល់អ្នកដទៃ—ក្តីសង្ឃឹមបែបនោះ ព្រោះតែងតែខកចិត្ត ហើយធ្វើឲ្យមនុស្សស្គមស្គាំងដោយក្តីកង្វល់—ស្គមស្គាំងជាងខ្ញុំទៅទៀត។
कृश उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hope placed in people who are ungrateful, cruel, lazy, or harmful becomes a source of continual frustration and anxiety; ethically, one should restrain such misplaced expectation and cultivate discernment and detachment.
Kṛśa speaks reflectively, personifying ‘hope’ and describing how attachment to unworthy persons drains one’s strength; the verse functions as moral counsel within the Shānti-parvan’s instruction on conduct and inner steadiness.