Shloka 22
Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)
जाने त्वां बालिशमतिमकृतात्मानमस्थिरम् । ममेयं रक्ष्यते मूढ गच्छ पाप यथागतम्
jāne tvāṃ bāliśamatim akṛtātmānam asthiram | mamaiyāṃ rakṣyate mūḍha gaccha pāpa yathāgatam ||
‘मी तुला ओळखतो—तू बालिशबुद्धी, आत्मसंयमहीन आणि अस्थिर आहेस. मूढ पापी! ही स्त्री माझ्या रक्षणाखाली आहे; जसा आलास तसाच परत जा.’
विपुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma includes restraint and the duty to protect those under one’s care; lack of self-discipline and unstable desire are condemned, and wrongdoing is to be checked through firm moral rebuke.
Vipula confronts an unnamed wrongdoer who approaches a woman with improper intent, declares that he knows the man’s unstable and undisciplined nature, asserts the woman is under his protection, and orders the offender to leave immediately.