Shloka 41
Prāyaścitta and Contextual Non-Culpability (प्रायश्चित्त-निमित्त-अदोषवाद)
तस्माद् दानेन तपसा कर्मणा च फल॑ शुभम् | वर्धयेदशुभं कृत्वा यथा स्यादतिरेकवान्
tasmād dānena tapasā karmaṇā ca phalaṁ śubham | vardhayed aśubhaṁ kṛtvā yathā syād atirekavān ||
ویاس نے کہا—اس لیے اگر انسان سے کوئی ناشائستہ (اَشُبھ) عمل سرزد ہو جائے تو اسے چاہیے کہ دان، تپسیا اور نیک عمل کے ذریعے نیکی کے پھل میں اضافہ کرے، تاکہ نیکی غالب آ جائے اور بدی دب جائے۔
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
If one commits a harmful act, one should deliberately cultivate greater merit through charity, austerity, and righteous deeds, so that wholesome results outweigh and subdue the unwholesome—an ethical strategy of self-correction rather than despair.
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa states a practical rule of dharma: when a lapse into aśubha occurs, the remedy is to intensify śubha conduct—dāna, tapas, and good works—so the balance of one’s karmic fruits becomes predominantly auspicious.