Shloka 25
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
अयज्ञीयद्रुमे देशे रुकुसिंहनिषेविते | भविता त्वं मृग: क्रूरो महादुः:खसमन्वित:
ayajñīyadrume deśe rukusiṃhaniṣevite | bhavitā tvaṃ mṛgaḥ krūro mahāduḥkhasamanvitaḥ ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃນດິນແດນທີ່ເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຕົ້ນໄມ້ທີ່ບໍ່ເໝາະສຳລັບພິທີຍັດນາ, ເປັນບ່ອນທີ່ມີແຕ່ກວາງຣຸຣຸ ແລະ ສິງໂຕເທົ່ານັ້ນທີ່ໄປມາ, ເຈົ້າຈະກາຍເປັນສັດປ່າຜູ້ໂຫດຮ້າຍ ແລະ ຖືກຫອບຫິ້ວໂດຍຄວາມທຸກທໍລະມານອັນໃຫຍ່»។ ຖ້ອຍຄຳນີ້ຊີ້ເຖິງຜົນກຳ: ຜູ້ລະເມີດລະບຽບອັນສັກສິດ ແລະ ຄວາມປະພຶດຖືກຕ້ອງ ຈະຖືກຂັບອອກຈາກໂລກຂອງຍັດນາ ແລະ ຊຸມຊົນ, ຕົກສູ່ການດຳລົງຊີວິດຕ່ຳຕ້ອຍແລະເຕັມໄປດ້ວຍຄວາມຢ້ານກົວ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores karmic retribution framed through dharma: wrongdoing leads to loss of human dignity and exclusion from the yajña-centered moral world, symbolized by being forced into a harsh wilderness among predators and fear.
Vaiśaṃpāyana reports a pronouncement (a curse-like consequence): the addressed person is foretold to become a cruel wild animal and live in a forest-region considered unfit for sacrificial activity, inhabited only by ruru-deer and lions, enduring great suffering.