Shloka 66
Śama-prāptiḥ — Gautamī–Lubdhaka–Pannaga–Mṛtyu–Kāla-saṃvāda
Restraint through the Analysis of Karma and Time
मृत्युने कहा--व्याध! हम दोनों कालके अधीन होनेके कारण विवश हैं। हम तो केवल उसके आदेशका पालनमात्र करते हैं। यदि तुम अच्छी तरह विचार करोगे तो हमलोगोंपर दोषारोपण नहीं करोगे ।।
lubdhaka uvāca | yuvām ubhī kālavaśau yadi me mṛtyupannagau | harṣakrodhau yathā syātām etad icchāmi veditum ||
猎人说道：“噫，死神与大蛇！若你们二者皆在迦罗（Kāla，时/命运）的驱迫下行事，我愿明白此理：为何我心对施惠于人的善者生欢喜，而对你们二位—带来伤害者—却起嗔怒？若万事皆为时之法度所缚，赞与责、喜与怨又凭何仍能攫住人心？”
लुब्धक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse raises the ethical problem of responsibility under determinism: even if agents like Death and the Serpent act under Kāla’s command, human beings still experience praise/blame through emotions like joy and anger. It invites reflection on how moral judgment operates when actions are seen as compelled by Time.
The hunter addresses Death and the Serpent directly. After hearing that they merely follow Kāla’s ordinance, he questions why he nonetheless feels happiness toward benefactors and anger toward harmful agents—seeking a principled explanation for these reactions if all are under Time’s control.