Shloka 15
Kṣānti–Tejas Viveka: Prahlāda’s Instruction to Bali
Draupadī’s Application
सत्यं चानृततः श्रेयो नृशंस्याच्चानृशंसता । तमेवं बहुदोषं तु क्रोधं साधुविवर्जितम्
satyaṃ cānṛtataḥ śreyo nṛśaṃsyāccānṛśaṃsatā | tamevaṃ bahudoṣaṃ tu krodhaṃ sādhuvivarjitam ||
பொய்யை விட உண்மை மேலானது; கொடுமையை விட கருணை மேலானது. ஆகவே பல குற்றங்களால் நிறைந்ததும் சான்றோர் விலக்குவதுமான அந்தக் கோபத்தைத் துறக்க வேண்டும்.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Truthfulness and compassion are upheld as superior virtues, while anger is portrayed as a multi-faulted impulse that the virtuous deliberately avoid; the ethical ideal is to renounce anger in favor of dharmic restraint.
Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a moral evaluation of conduct—contrasting truth with falsehood and compassion with cruelty—and uses this contrast to argue that anger, being ethically corrosive, should be abandoned.