Shloka 23
अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः
Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind
न तथा वक्तुमिच्छन्ति कल्याणान् पुरुषे गुणान् | यथैषां वक्तुमिच्छन्ति नैर्गुण्यमनुयुझजका:,किसीसे ईर्ष्या रखनेवाले मनुष्य जिस तरह उसके दोषोंका वर्णन करना चाहते हैं, उस प्रकार उसके कल्याणमय गुणोंका बखान करना नहीं चाहते हैं
na tathā vaktum icchanti kalyāṇān puruṣe guṇān | yathaiṣāṃ vaktum icchanti nairguṇyam anuyujjakāḥ ||
ຄົນທີ່ມີຄວາມອິດສາ ບໍ່ຢາກກ່າວເຖິງຄຸນຄວາມດີອັນງາມຂອງຜູ້ອື່ນ ເທົ່າກັບທີ່ພວກເຂົາຢາກກ່າວເຖິງຂໍ້ບົກພ່ອງ ແລະຄວາມບໍ່ມີຄຸນຄ່າຂອງຄົນນັ້ນ.
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
Envy and fault-finding distort perception: people readily publicize others’ defects but hesitate to acknowledge their virtues. The verse urges ethical restraint in speech and a deliberate commitment to recognize and speak truthfully about goodness.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Haṃsa speaks as a moral instructor, commenting on common human tendencies in social judgment—how detractors prefer to highlight demerits rather than praise noble qualities.