Shloka 44
Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival
मा जुगुप्सां कृथा: पुत्र त्वमत्रार्थे कथंचन । त्वयैतद्धि समाचीर्ण गौतमस्याश्रमे तदा,“बेटा! इस कार्यमें तुम किसी तरह घृणा न करो; क्योंकि गौतमके आश्रममें रहते समय तुमने अनेक बार ऐसा किया है”
mā jugupsāṃ kṛthāḥ putra tvam atrārthe kathaṃcana | tvayaitaddhi samācīrṇaṃ gautamasyāśrame tadā ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “Anak ko, huwag kang makadama ng anumang pandidiri sa bagay na ito. Sapagkat ikaw mismo’y nagsagawa na ng gayong gawain noon, nang ikaw ay naninirahan sa ashram ni Gautama.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should not reject a prescribed or contextually necessary act merely out of personal revulsion; ethical steadiness includes overcoming aversion when duty or prior discipline supports the action.
Vaiśaṃpāyana addresses someone as ‘son’ and counsels him not to feel disgust about a particular task, reminding him that he had already performed the same kind of act earlier while living in the hermitage of the sage Gautama.