Shloka 80
Sabhā Parva, Adhyāya 68 — Pāṇḍavānāṃ Vanavāsa-prasthānaḥ; Duḥśāsana-nindā; Pāṇḍava-pratijñāḥ
जिस सभामें निनन््दाके योग्य मनुष्यकी निन्दा की जाती है, वहाँ सभापति निष्पाप हो जाता है, सभासद भी पापसे मुक्त हो जाते हैं और सारा पाप करनेवालेको ही लगता है ।।
yasyāṁ sabhāyāṁ nindāyogyaṁ manuṣyaṁ nindanti, tatra sabhāpatiḥ niṣpāpo bhavati, sabhāsadāś ca pāpamuktā bhavanti, sarvaṁ pāpaṁ tu kartur eva lagati. vitathaṁ tu vadeyur ye dharmaṁ prahlāda pṛcchate; iṣṭāpūrtaṁ ca te ghnanti sapta sapta parāvarān, prahlāda.
迦叶波说道：“在议会之中，若真正当受责备者被如理责备，主审者不染罪过；诸臣亦得免于过失，全部罪担唯归于作恶者。然而，若有人对询问达摩之人作虚妄之答——噢，普罗诃罗陀——他不仅毁坏自己由祭祀与施济所积之福德，还会摧折前七代与后七代所积累的功德。”
कश्यप उवाच
Educational Q&A
Rightful censure of a blameworthy person in a formal assembly does not taint the presiding authority or the council; guilt adheres to the wrongdoer. Conversely, lying when asked about dharma is a grave moral failure that destroys one’s religious and charitable merit and harms the moral capital of one’s lineage.
Kaśyapa instructs Prahlāda on norms of ethical speech and adjudication: how blame should be assigned in an assembly, and how dangerous it is to mislead a sincere inquirer about dharma.