Shloka 78
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ
जहाँ धर्म अधर्मसे विद्ध होकर सभामें उपस्थित होता है, उसके काँटेको उससे बिंधे हुए सभासदलोग नहीं काट पाते (अर्थात् उनको पापका फल भोगना ही पड़ता है) ।।
yatra dharmo 'dharmena viddhaḥ sabhāyāṁ samupasthito bhavati, tasya kaṇṭakaṁ tenaiva baddhaṁ sabhāsadaḥ chettum na śaknuvanti (tad-arthaṁ pāpa-phalaṁ bhoktavyam eva). ardhaṁ harati vai śreṣṭhaḥ; pādo bhavati kartṛṣu; pādaś caiva sabhāsatsu ye na nindanti ninditam.
当达摩带着被阿达摩刺穿的伤进入议会时，殿中诸臣无法拔除那已深嵌其中的荆刺；因此他们必然要分受罪业之果。在发生不义的法庭里，主审者承担一半罪责；四分之一落在行事者身上；另四分之一归于那些在座却不谴责当谴责之人的议员。
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wrongdoing in a public assembly creates shared moral liability: the leader bears the greatest portion, the perpetrators bear a portion, and even silent bystanders incur guilt for failing to condemn what is blameworthy.
Kaśyapa states a principle of courtroom ethics: when adharma is allowed to prevail in the sabhā, dharma is ‘wounded,’ and all who preside, act, or remain silent become participants in the resulting sin.