Shloka 96
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
इहाद्यैव गृहीत्वा तु प्रयच्छे द्विगुणं फलम् । एवं स्यात् पुरुषव्यात्र कः शुद्ध: को5त्र दोषवान्,पुरुषसिंह! इससे एक गोदानका फल लेकर आज मैं इसे दूना फल लौटा रहा हूँ। ऐसी परिस्थितिमें आप स्वयं निर्णय कीजिये कि हम दोनोंमेंसे कौन शुद्ध है और कौन दोषी?
ihādyaiva gṛhītvā tu prayacche dviguṇaṃ phalam | evaṃ syāt puruṣavyāghra kaḥ śuddhaḥ ko 'tra doṣavān puruṣasiṃha |
പുരുഷവ്യാഘ്രാ, ഞാൻ ഇതു ഇന്നുതന്നെ സ്വീകരിച്ച് ഇരട്ട ഫലം തിരികെ നൽകുന്നു. ഇത്തരത്തിൽ, പുരുഷസിംഹാ, നിങ്ങൾ തന്നേ വിധിക്കൂ—ഞങ്ങളിലാരാണ് ശുദ്ധൻ, ഇവിടെ ആരാണ് ദോഷി?
विरूप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical test around reciprocity and intention: if one accepts a benefit and repays it twofold immediately, the listener is asked to judge purity and fault not by accusation but by conduct and fairness in exchange.
Virūpa speaks to a respected interlocutor, stating that he has taken a benefit (described as the fruit of a cow-gift) and is returning double at once, then challenges the other to decide who among them is blameless and who is culpable in the matter.