Shloka 4
Adhyāya 33: Antarvedī-Samāgama, Arghya-Nirṇaya, and Śiśupāla’s Objection
दस्युभ्यो वज्चकेभ्यो वा राजन् प्रति परस्परम् । राजवल्लभतश्चैव नाश्रूयन्त मृषा गिर:
dasyubhyo vañcakebhyo vā rājan prati parasparam | rājavallabhataś caiva nāśrūyanta mṛṣā giraḥ ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ທີ່ນັ້ນບໍ່ເຄີຍໄດ້ຍິນຄຳເວົ້າຕົວະ—ບໍ່ວ່າຈາກພວກໂຈນ ຫຼືພວກຫລອກລວງ, ແມ່ນແຕ່ຈາກຄົນທີ່ກະສັດໂປດປານ ແລະຄົນສະໜິດໃຈຂອງພະອົງກໍບໍ່ມີ. ບໍ່ແຕ່ຕໍ່ປະຊາຊົນເທົ່ານັ້ນ, ແມ່ນແຕ່ລະຫວ່າງກັນເອງ ພວກເຂົາກໍບໍ່ໃຊ້ການຕົວະ ຫຼືການຫລອກລວງ».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights truthfulness as a social and political virtue: even those typically associated with wrongdoing (robbers, cheats) and even powerful insiders (royal favourites) do not speak falsely. It presents an ethical ideal where honesty prevails across classes and relationships.
Vaiśampāyana is describing the moral condition of a realm/society to the king he addresses, emphasizing that deceitful speech was absent not only in dealings with the public but also in private, mutual interactions.