Shloka 15
मा त्वं सर्वविनाशाय स्नेहं कार्षी: सुतेषु न: । न हीदं कर्म मोघं स्थाल्लोककामस्य नः पितु:,“तुम हम सब पुत्रोंपर ऐसा स्नेह न करो, जिससे सबका विनाश हो जाय। उत्तम लोककी इच्छा रखनेवाले मेरे पिताका यह कर्म व्यर्थ न हो जाय”
mā tvaṁ sarvavināśāya snehaṁ kārṣīḥ suteṣu naḥ | na hīdaṁ karma moghaṁ sthāllokakāmasya naḥ pituḥ |
“आम्हा पुत्रांवर असा मोह-स्नेह करू नकोस की सर्वांचा विनाश होईल. उत्तम लोकाची इच्छा धारण करणाऱ्या आमच्या पित्याचे हे कर्म व्यर्थ ठरू नये.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that excessive or biased attachment within the family can become a cause of collective ruin; ethical restraint and impartiality are urged so that a father’s purposeful undertaking—aimed at higher welfare and merit—does not become fruitless.
In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a plea is voiced to a parental figure: do not let affection toward the sons take a form that triggers total destruction, and do not allow the father’s intended act (with an eye to higher worlds/merit) to fail in its purpose.