Shloka 96
Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman
Manu’s Instruction
इहाद्यैव गृहीत्वा तु प्रयच्छे द्विगुणं फलम् । एवं स्यात् पुरुषव्यात्र कः शुद्ध: को5त्र दोषवान्
ihādyaiva gṛhītvā tu prayacche dviguṇaṃ phalam | evaṃ syāt puruṣavyāghra kaḥ śuddhaḥ ko 'tra doṣavān puruṣasiṃha |
اے مردوں کے شیردل و ببرِ آدمی! میں نے اسے ابھی اور اسی وقت لے کر اس کا دوگنا پھل واپس کر دیا ہے۔ ایسی حالت میں، اے مردوں کے شیر، آپ خود فیصلہ کیجیے کہ ہم دونوں میں کون پاک ہے اور یہاں کون قصوروار؟
विरूप उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical test around reciprocity and intention: if one accepts a benefit and repays it twofold immediately, the listener is asked to judge purity and fault not by accusation but by conduct and fairness in exchange.
Virūpa speaks to a respected interlocutor, stating that he has taken a benefit (described as the fruit of a cow-gift) and is returning double at once, then challenges the other to decide who among them is blameless and who is culpable in the matter.