Shloka 5
Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira
आयसं हृदयं नूनं तस्य दुष्कृतकर्मण: । यस्त्वां धर्मपरं श्रेष्ठ रूक्षाण्यश्राववत् तदा,अवश्य ही उस कुकर्मीका हृदय लोहेका बना है, क्योंकि उसने आप-जैसे धर्मपरायण श्रेष्ठ पुछुषको भी उस समय कटु वचन सुनाये थे
āyasaṁ hṛdayaṁ nūnaṁ tasya duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ | yas tvāṁ dharmaparaṁ śreṣṭha rūkṣāṇy aśrāva vat tadā ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “Tila bakal sa bakal ang puso ng masamang-gawa na iyon, sapagkat minsan ay ipinadinig niya maging sa iyo—O pinakamainam sa mga tao, matatag sa dharma—ang mga salitang mabagsik at nananakit.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cruel speech toward a virtuous person is presented as a sign of deep moral hardness—an ‘iron heart’—highlighting that ethical failure is revealed not only by actions but also by how one speaks to the righteous.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana comments on an unnamed wrongdoer, condemning him by saying his heart must be iron because he once addressed a dharma-abiding, exemplary person with harsh words.