Shloka 81
Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)
श्षपच उवाच गोपनीयमिदं दुःखमिति मे निश्चिता मतिः । दुष्कृतो5ब्राह्मण: सत्र यस्त्वामहमुपालभे
śvapaca uvāca gopanīyam idaṃ duḥkham iti me niścitā matiḥ | duṣkṛto ’brāhmaṇaḥ satra yas tvām aham upālabhe ||
食犬者说道：“我已笃定：这桩悲苦之事本应秘而不宣。然而，纵使我乃罪人，且非婆罗门，我仍在此责难于你。的确，像我这样的人竟敢谈论并教诲法（dharma），本身就是一种狡黠的僭越。”
श्षपच उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical counsel can be valid even when spoken by someone of low social standing or with acknowledged faults; the speaker stresses the seriousness of wrongdoing and the humility (and risk of hypocrisy) involved in preaching dharma.
A śvapaca (caṇḍāla) addresses another person, stating his firm view about a grievous matter and admitting his own sinfulness and non-brāhmaṇa status, yet he continues to admonish the other—while also confessing that giving dharma-instruction may appear presumptuous for him.