Shloka 12
अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः
Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind
जो जगत्में निन्दा करानेवाले और आवेशमें डालनेके कारण अप्रिय प्रतीत होनेवाले प्रज्वलित क्रोधको रोक लेता है, चित्तमें कोई विकार या दोष नहीं आने देता, प्रसन्न रहता और दूसरोंके दोष नहीं देखता है, वह पुरुष अपने प्रति शत्रुभाव रखनेवाले लोगोंके पुण्य ले लेता है ।।
ākruśyamāno na vadāmi kiñcit kṣamāmy ahaṃ tāḍyamānaś ca nityam | śreṣṭha hy etad yat kṣamām āhur āryāḥ satyaṃ tathaivārjavam ānṛśaṃsyam ||
Wika ng Haṃsa: “Kapag ako’y minumura, wala akong sinasagot. Kapag ako’y sinasaktan, lagi akong nagpapatawad. Sapagkat sinasabi ng mga mararangal na ito ang pinakamataas na landas—pagpapasensya (pagpapatawad), katotohanan, pagiging tuwid, at habag. Ang pumipigil sa naglalagablab na galit na nagbubunsod ng pagkapoot, pinananatiling walang dungis at kamalian ang isip, nananatiling payapa, at hindi naghahanap ng kapintasan ng iba—siya’y kumukuha sa sarili niya ng merito ng mga may poot sa kanya.”
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the highest conduct is to restrain anger and respond to abuse or injury with forgiveness. Such forbearance, joined with truth, integrity, and compassion, protects the mind from fault and is presented as a superior dharmic path.
In Śānti Parva’s ethical instruction, the Haṃsa speaks as a moral teacher, describing his own discipline: he does not retaliate when insulted or harmed, and he upholds the virtues praised by the noble as the best way of life.