Shloka 346
Draupadī’s Exhortation on Rājadharma and Daṇḍa (द्रौपद्याः राजधर्मोपदेशः)
भेषजै: स चिकित्स: स्याद् य उन्मार्गेण गच्छति । जो मूर्ख इस प्रकारका काम करता है
bheṣajaiḥ sa cikitsaḥ syād ya unmārgeṇa gacchati |
毗湿摩波耶那说道：凡误入歧途者，当以药石调治，如同医治心神失常之人。其伦理旨趣在于：迷妄而误导的行为不能带来福祉；因此，应以相应的矫正与补救之法使其回归正道，而不可任其继续沉沦于错误之中。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person who has deviated into wrongful conduct is like someone mentally disoriented; the proper response is corrective treatment—remedies that restore right understanding and behavior—because deluded action does not yield true welfare.
Vaiśampāyana, in the didactic flow of Śānti Parva, frames moral deviation as a kind of illness: when someone proceeds on an ‘unmārga’ (wrong path), they are to be brought back through appropriate ‘bheṣaja’ (remedial measures), emphasizing reform over abandonment.