Shloka 25
Adhyāya 160: Dikpāla-Cosmography and the Sun’s Kālacakra (दिक्पाल-विश्ववर्णनम् तथा आदित्यस्य कालचक्रम्)
चापलादिह गच्छन्तं पार्थ यानमित: परम् | अय:शूलादिभिष्ष्नन्ति राक्षसा: शत्रुसूदन,शत्रुसूदन पार्थ! चपलतावश इससे आगेके मार्गपर जानेवाले मनुष्यको राक्षसगण लोहेके शूल आदिसे मारते हैं
cāpalād iha gacchantaṃ pārtha yānam itaḥ param | ayaḥśūlādibhiḥ ghnanti rākṣasāḥ śatrusūdana ||
Sang Ṛṣi berkata: “Wahai Pārtha, jika seseorang kerana gopoh dan melulu meneruskan perjalanan lebih jauh di jalan ini, para Rākṣasa akan menewaskannya dengan lembing besi dan seumpamanya. Wahai Śatrusūdana—berwaspadalah.”
आर्शिषिण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Impulsiveness (cāpalya) leads to avoidable harm; dharmic conduct includes restraint, heeding wise counsel, and not advancing into danger merely from restlessness or bravado.
A Ṛṣi cautions Arjuna that going further along a certain route out of rashness is perilous, because Rākṣasas in that region kill travelers with iron spears and similar weapons.