Shloka 4
मा निमज्जी: स्वदोषेण महाप्सु त्वं हि भारत | मा बालानामशिष्टानामभिमंस्था मतिं प्रभो,'भरतकुलतिलक! आप अपने ही दोषसे इस कुलको विपत्तिके महासागरमें न डुबाइये। प्रभो! इन उद्दण्ड बालकोंकी हाँ-में-हाँ न मिलाइये
mā nimajjīḥ svadoṣeṇa mahāpsu tvaṃ hi bhārata | mā bālānām aśiṣṭānām abhimamsthā matiṃ prabho ||
मा निमज्जीः स्वदोषेण महाप्सु त्वं हि भारत । मा बालानामशिष्टानामभिमंस्था मतिं प्रभो ॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler must not let personal faults and impulsive influences ruin the lineage; sound judgment should not be shaped by the approval of immature and undisciplined advisers.
Vaiśampāyana delivers a warning to a Kuru-descendant leader, urging him not to plunge the family into disaster by his own error and not to be swayed by the reckless encouragement of unruly youths.