Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
धिक् तस्य जीवनं पुंसः शरणार्थिनमातुरम् ।
यो नार्तमनुगृह्णाति वैरिपक्षमपि ध्रुवम् ॥
dhik tasya jīvanaṃ puṃsaḥ śaraṇārthinam āturam | yo nārtam anugṛhṇāti vairipakṣam api dhruvam ||
శరణార్థిగా వచ్చిన బాధితునికి సహాయం చేయని మనిషి జీవితం సిగ్గుచేటు—అతడు శత్రుపక్షానికి చెందినవాడైనా సరే।
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Śaraṇāgati (granting refuge) overrides enmity: need and vulnerability create a moral claim. The verse asserts a high ethic where compassion is not limited by tribal or political boundaries.
Ācāra (normative dharma) in proverbial form; not one of the five structural purāṇic topics as content.
‘Enemy-side’ symbolizes the rejected parts of oneself; the teaching can be read inwardly as: do not abandon the suffering within you—integrate and heal rather than punish.