Shloka 73
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
कथं सक्तून् ग्रहीष्यामि भूत्वा धर्मोपघातक: । कल्याणवृत्ते कल्याणि नैवं त्वं वक्तुमहसि
kathaṁ saktūn grahīṣyāmi bhūtvā dharmopaghātakaḥ | kalyāṇavṛtte kalyāṇi naivaṁ tvaṁ vaktum arhasi ||
Người cha chồng nói: “Làm sao ta có thể lấy sattu (bột lúa mạch rang) từ con để rồi trở thành kẻ làm tổn hại dharma? Hỡi người cát tường, người có hạnh lành—con không nên nói như vậy.”
श्षशुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should not accept personal benefit when it would cause harm to another or violate dharma; ethical restraint and compassion take precedence over one’s own needs.
A father-in-law refuses to take the sattu allotted to his daughter-in-law, judging that accepting it—given her weakened condition—would amount to harming dharma; he admonishes her not to propose such self-sacrifice.