Shloka 5
Kīcaka-vadha-pratisaṃjñā: Rumor in Matsya and the Kaurava Scouts’ Report (कीचकवध-प्रतिसंज्ञा)
यथा सैरन्ध्रिदोषेण न ते राजन्निदं पुरम् । विनाशमेति वै क्षिप्रं तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम्,“अतः राजन! आप शीघ्र ही कोई ऐसी नीति अपनावें, जिससे सैरन्ध्रीके दोषसे आपका यह नगर नष्ट न हो जाय”
yathā sairandhrī-doṣeṇa na te rājann idaṃ puram | vināśam eti vai kṣipraṃ tathā nītir vidhīyatām ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “O Hari, agad kang magpatupad ng maingat at marunong na hakbang, upang ang lungsod mong ito ay hindi mabilis na mapahamak dahil sa pagkakamaling may kaugnayan kay Sairandhrī (ang alilang babae).”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler must respond swiftly and wisely to a moral and political fault within the palace, because private misconduct can escalate into public catastrophe; timely nīti (sound policy) protects the realm.
Vaiśaṃpāyana reports a warning to the king that the situation involving the Sairandhrī (the maidservant figure) contains a dangerous ‘fault’ that could rapidly bring ruin upon the city unless immediate corrective policy is adopted.