Shloka 26
Janamejaya’s Appeal for Pacification and Śaunaka’s Counsel on Humility (जनमेजय-शौनक संवादः)
एवं बहुविधं भूरि विललाप स लुब्धक: । गर्हयन् स्वानि कर्माणि द्विजं दृष्टवा तथागतम्
evaṁ bahuvidhaṁ bhūri vilalāpa sa lubdhakaḥ | garhayan svāni karmāṇi dvijaṁ dṛṣṭvā tathāgatam ||
于是那贪婪的猎人以种种言辞痛哭哀号，责骂自己的所作所为。见鸽子落到那般凄惨境地，又见那位已至此处的婆罗门，他更在自责中谴责己行，认定其为可耻之业。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights moral awakening: when confronted with the consequences of harm, one should honestly condemn one’s own wrongdoing and turn toward dharma—especially in the presence of a righteous witness (the brāhmaṇa).
The hunter, seeing the pigeon’s distress, begins to wail in many ways. On noticing the brāhmaṇa who has arrived, he blames his own actions, expressing remorse for what he has done.