Shloka 46
Aṣṭāvakra’s Visit to Kubera: Hospitality, Temptation, and the Ethics of Restraint (अष्टावक्र-वैश्रवणोपाख्यानम्)
युधिष्ठिर महायोगी वीर्यवानक्षयोडव्यय: । 'सावर्णिक मन्वन्तरके समय जो सृष्टि होगी
Māṇḍavya uvāca—acauras tvaṁ caurasaṅkāyāṁ śūle bhinno hāhaṁ tadā.
ມານດະວະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ! ແມ່ນວ່າຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ແມ່ນໂຈນ ແຕ່ດ້ວຍຄວາມສົງໄສເລື່ອງການລັກ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຖືກປັກຕິດໃສ່ຫຼັກ. ຈາກບ່ອນນັ້ນແຫຼະ ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ສັນລະເສີນມະຫາເທວະ (ພຣະຊິວະ). ແລ້ວພຣະອົງກ່າວກັບຂ້າພະເຈົ້າວ່າ: ‘ໂອ ພຣາຫມະນະຜູ້ປະເສີດ! ເຈົ້າຈະພົ້ນຈາກຫຼັກນັ້ນ ແລະຈະມີອາຍຸຢືນເຖິງສິບໂກດປີ. ແມ່ນວ່າຫຼັກນີ້ຈະທະລຸຮ່າງກາຍເຈົ້າ ແຕ່ເຈົ້າຈະບໍ່ຮູ້ສຶກເຈັບ; ເຈົ້າຈະພົ້ນຈາກຄວາມທຸກໃຈ ແລະໂລກໄພທາງກາຍ.’»
माण्डव्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the ethical danger of punishing on mere suspicion and the endurance of an innocent ascetic who turns suffering into devotion; it also presents divine grace as a response to steadfast praise and purity, granting freedom from pain and affliction.
Māṇḍavya recounts to Yudhiṣṭhira that he was wrongly impaled as a suspected thief; while on the stake he praised Śiva, who then promised his release, extraordinary longevity, and freedom from pain, disease, and mental distress.