Shloka 14
Chatra–Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative
Jamadagni–Reṇukā–Sūrya Saṃvāda
तमाहुरारता ऋषयो महर्षि न ते वयं पुष्करं चोरयाम: । मिथ्याभिषंगो भवता न कार्य: शपाम तीक्ष्णै: शपथैर्महर्षे
tam āhur āratā ṛṣayo maharṣi na te vayaṁ puṣkaraṁ corayāmaḥ | mithyābhiṣaṅgo bhavatā na kāryaḥ śapāma tīkṣṇaiḥ śapathair maharṣe ||
یہ سن کر رشی گھبرا اٹھے اور اس مہارشی سے بولے—“اے مہارشی! ہم نے آپ کا کنول نہیں چرایا۔ ہم پر جھوٹا الزام نہ لگائیے۔ اپنی صفائی کے لیے ہم نہایت سخت قسمیں کھانے کو بھی تیار ہیں۔”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not impose a false charge or suspicion on others; ethical speech requires restraint and fairness. When one’s integrity is questioned, a truthful person seeks to clear it through appropriate means, here expressed as willingness to take even severe oaths.
A group of sages, frightened by an accusation that they stole a lotus, deny the theft and urge the great seer not to maintain a false imputation. They offer to swear strong oaths to prove their innocence.