Shloka 226
Prajñā as Pratiṣṭhā — Indra–Kāśyapa Saṃvāda (Śānti-parva 12.173)
दस्यूनां दीयतामेष कृतघ्नोड्द्यैव राक्षसा: । यह सुनकर राक्षसराजने उन निशाचरोंसे कहा--'राक्षसो! ऐसा ही सही, इस कृतघ्नको आज ही डाकुओंके हवाले कर दो”
dasyūnāṃ dīyatām eṣa kṛtaghno ’dyaiva rākṣasāḥ |
بھیشم نے کہا—“اے راکشسو! اس کِرتَگھن (ناشکرے) کو فوراً دسیوؤں کے حوالے کر دو۔” یہ سن کر راکشسوں کے راجا نے اُن شب گردوں سے کہا—“راکشسو! ایسا ہی سہی—آج ہی اس ناشکرے کو لٹیروں کے ہاتھ سونپ دو۔”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse treats ingratitude (kṛtaghnatā) as a serious ethical failing. Forgetting or betraying received help is portrayed as socially corrosive and deserving of decisive censure and punishment.
Bhīṣma reports a command attributed to a Rākṣasa leader: the ‘ungrateful’ person is to be handed over immediately to bandits. The surrounding prose (as reflected in the provided Hindi) frames it as the Rākṣasa-king instructing his followers (niśācaras) to carry out this order.