Shloka 62
Adhyaya 15 — Karmic Retribution: Rebirths After Naraka and the King’s Compassion in Hell
नरस्य यस्य कठिनं मनो बालातुरादिषु ।
वृद्धेषु च न तं मन्ये मानुषं राक्षसो हि सः ॥
narasya yasya kaṭhinaṃ mano bālāturādiṣu | vṛddheṣu ca na taṃ manye mānuṣaṃ rākṣaso hi saḥ ||
పిల్లలు, రోగులు మొదలైనవారిపట్ల, అలాగే వృద్ధులపట్ల కఠినహృదయుడైన వానిని నేను మనిషిగా భావించను; అతడు నిజంగా రాక్షసుడే।
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FAQs
Humanity is defined by empathy toward the vulnerable. Cruelty to those who cannot defend themselves is portrayed as ‘rākṣasa’ nature—an ethical, not biological, category.
Ācāra/dharma; it is a moral definition used within a narrative setting.
‘Bāla, ātura, vṛddha’ can symbolize the fragile dimensions of the self (new, wounded, and declining). Compassion toward them indicates spiritual maturity; hardness indicates inner demonic fragmentation.