Shloka 29
व्रजन्तु भ्रातरस्तेडमी यदि सत्याभिसंधिन: । मत्परित्राणजं धर्ममिहैव त्वमवाप्नरुहि,तुम्हारे ये भाई यदि सत्यधर्मके पालनका आग्रह रखकर वनमें जा रहे हैं तो जाय; तुम यहीं रहकर मेरी रक्षाजनित धर्मका लाभ लो
vrajantu bhrātaras te ’mī yadi satyābhisandhinaḥ | mat-paritrāṇajaṃ dharmam ihaiva tvam avāpnuhi ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “Hayaan mong umalis ang mga kapatid mo, kung tunay silang naninindigan sa katotohanan. Ngunit ikaw—manatili ka rito at dito mo makamtan ang gantimpala ng dharma na nagmumula sa pagprotekta sa akin.”
वैशमग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a dharma-principle: protecting one who depends on you (or whom you are bound to safeguard) is itself a source of religious merit. Truthfulness is honored, yet dharma is also contextual—one may fulfill righteousness by staying to protect rather than by following others into hardship.
The speaker frames a choice: if the brothers are determined to uphold truth by going away (e.g., to the forest), they may do so; but the addressed person is urged to remain and gain the merit of dharma specifically connected with providing protection to the speaker.