Shloka 9
Jñāna-plava (The Raft of Knowledge): Svabhāva, Prajñā, and the Ascent to Ātmajñāna
उक्ताश्न न वदिष्यन्ति वक्तारमहिते हितम् । प्रतिहन्तुं न चेच्छन्ति हन्तारं वै मनीषिण:
uktāś na vadiṣyanti vaktāram ahite hitam | pratihantuṁ na cecchanti hantāraṁ vai manīṣiṇaḥ ||
मनीषी पुरुष कटु वचन ऐकूनही प्रत्युत्तरादाखल कटु वचन बोलत नाहीत. जो त्यांचे अहित करतो त्याच्याही हिताचीच इच्छा करतात; आणि जो त्यांना मारतो त्यालाही प्रतिहिंसेने मारू इच्छित नाहीत.
जैगीषव्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is kṣamā and non-vengeance: a truly wise person does not repay harsh words with harsh words, and does not seek to harm even one who harms them, but instead aims at what is ultimately beneficial.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, Jaigiṣavya articulates the behavior of the manīṣin (wise): restraint in speech and refusal to retaliate, presenting an ideal of ethical self-mastery.