Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 97
यद्भवानाह धर्मिष्ठाः सदा दुःखस्य भागिनः । तन्मिथ्या दुःखजालानि पश्यामः पापिनामपि
yadbhavānāha dharmiṣṭhāḥ sadā duḥkhasya bhāginaḥ | tanmithyā duḥkhajālāni paśyāmaḥ pāpināmapi
Điều ông nói rằng “người chí thiện luôn là kẻ thừa hưởng khổ đau” là sai. Vì chúng ta thấy cả những lưới khổ não cũng hiện hữu nơi kẻ tội lỗi nữa.
Nandabhadra
Listener: Satyavrata
Scene: Nandabhadra counters calmly: pointing to examples of suffering among sinners; a moral-logic tableau with contrasting figures—pious ascetic and sinful man—both touched by sorrow, illustrating the argument.
FAQs
Suffering is not a proof against dharma; pain is observed across moral conditions, so dharma must be judged by deeper principles than mere comfort.
None; the verse is ethical reasoning within a dialogue.
None.
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