Shloka 16
Gautama–Śakra Saṃvāda: Karma, Loka-bheda, and the Restoration of the Elephant
गौतम उवाच वैवस्वती संयमनी जनानां यत्रानृतं नोच्यते यत्र सत्यम् । यत्राबला बलिनं यातयन्ति तत्र त्वाहं हस्तिनं यातयिष्ये
gautama uvāca—vaivasvatī saṃyamanī janānāṃ yatrānṛtaṃ noc्यate yatra satyam | yatrābalā balinaṃ yātayanti tatra tvāhaṃ hastinaṃ yātayiṣye ||
乔多摩说道：“有一城名曰‘三摩耶摩尼’（Saṃyamanī），乃毗婆斯伐多（阎摩）——制御众生者——之都；彼处不言虚妄，唯吐真言；彼处纵使弱者亦能使强者为其不义受责。到那里，我必迫你交还我的大象。”
गौतम उवाच
Educational Q&A
A just moral order exists where truth prevails and wrongdoing is answerable regardless of power; even the weak can obtain justice when dharma is upheld.
Gautama invokes Yama’s city Saṃyamanī—depicted as a realm of truthful speech and impartial justice—and declares he will take the matter there to force restitution of his elephant.