Shloka 43
Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)
स विगाढां निशां दृष्टवा सुप्ते चाण्डालपक्कणे । शनैरुत्थाय भगवान् प्रविवेश कुटीमठम्
sa vigāḍhāṃ niśāṃ dṛṣṭvā supte cāṇḍālapakkane | śanair utthāya bhagavān praviśa kucīm aṭham ||
毗湿摩说道：见夜色已深，旃陀罗家中之人皆已沉睡，受人敬仰的圣仙毗湿瓦密多便悄然起身，进入旃陀罗的茅舍。此事凸显了一桩在隐秘中为之的、带着沉重伦理分量的有意之举，由此引出对困厄之下之法（dharma）的省思，以及社会界限与更高目的之间的张力。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an action performed quietly at night, inviting reflection on how dharma may involve difficult choices where intention, necessity, and higher aims can come into tension with social norms and appearances.
After midnight, when the Caṇḍāla household has fallen asleep, the sage Viśvāmitra rises silently and enters their hut, indicating a purposeful act undertaken discreetly as the story moves toward its ethical implications.