Shloka 16
अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः
Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind
आक्रुश्यमानो नाक्रुश्येन्मन्युरेनं तितिक्षत: । आक्रोष्टारं निर्दहति सुकृतं चास्य विन्दति
ākrūśyamāno nākrūśyen manyur enaṃ titikṣataḥ | ākroṣṭāraṃ nirdahati sukṛtaṃ cāsya vindati ||
หงส์กล่าวว่า “แม้ถูกด่าทอ ก็ไม่พึงด่าตอบ; พึงอดกลั้นต่อการยั่วยุนั้น. เพราะโทสะที่ถูกสำรวมของผู้มีขันติย่อมเผาผลาญผู้ด่า และยังพาเอาบุญกุศลของเขาไปด้วย.”
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches kṣamā and restraint in speech: when insulted, do not insult back. Patient endurance transforms anger into a moral force that harms the reviler and causes him to lose his accumulated merit.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, the speaker Haṃsa delivers a maxim about responding to abuse: the virtuous person practices forbearance, and the abuser suffers the ethical consequence—his merit is consumed and transferred away.