Shloka 12
Strī-satkāra (On honoring women) — Mahābhārata 13.46
तेनैव हि भवेयुस्ते लोका: पापकृतो यथा । कृत्वा नाचक्षत: कर्म मम यच्च त्वया कृतम्,पापकर्म करके न बतानेवाले पुरुषको, जैसा कि तुमने मेरे साथ किया है, वे ही पापाचारियोंके लोक प्राप्त होते हैं
tenaiva hi bhaveyus te lokāḥ pāpakṛto yathā | kṛtvā nācakṣataḥ karma mama yac ca tvayā kṛtam |
Dahil sa mismong gawang iyon, mapupunta ka sa mga daigdig na nakalaan sa mga makasalanan—yaong gumagawa ng mali at pagkatapos ay hindi ito ibinubunyag. Iyan ang bunga ng ginawa mo sa akin: kasalanang itinago sa halip na ipagtapat.
विपुल उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses moral accountability: committing a wrongful act and then concealing it (refusing to acknowledge or confess it) leads to the same negative karmic outcome as that of recognized sinners—unwholesome posthumous realms.
Vipula rebukes the listener for having wronged him and then not admitting it. He warns that such hidden wrongdoing carries grave karmic consequences, equating the doer’s fate with that of pāpakṛts (habitual sinners).