Shloka 29
न चाप्यधर्मे न सुहृद्विभेदने परस्वहारे परदारमर्शने । कदर्यभावे न रमेन्मन: सदा नृणां सदाख्यानमिदं विजानताम्
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
na cāpy adharme na suhṛd-vibhedane para-svahāre para-dāra-marśane |
kadarya-bhāve na ramen manaḥ sadā nṛṇāṃ sadākhyānam idaṃ vijānatām ||
न चाप्यधर्मे न सुहृद्विभेदने परस्वहारे परदारमर्शने। कदर्यभावे न रमेन्मनः सदा नृणां सदाख्यानमिदं विजानताम्॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Constant remembrance and true understanding of an uplifting sacred narrative restrains the mind from key ethical lapses: unrighteousness, creating rifts among friends, stealing others’ property, violating marital boundaries, and miserly meanness.
Vaiśampāyana concludes or emphasizes the fruit (phalaśruti) of the preceding upākhyāna: those who keep this tale in mind are morally protected, as their minds do not incline toward specific forms of wrongdoing.