Daṇḍa as the Foundation of Social Order (दण्डप्रतिष्ठा)
ग्रामान् निष्क्रम्य मुनयो विगतक्रोधमत्सरा: । वने कुट॒म्बधर्माणो दृश्यन्ते परिमोहिता:
grāmān niṣkramya munayo vigata-krodha-matsarāḥ | vane kuṭumba-dharmāṇo dṛśyante parimohitāḥ ||
阿周那说:“许多牟尼远离嗔怒与嫉妒,离村入林;然而在那林中,他们却因迷妄而仍被见到执著于居家之道。”
अजुन उवाच
External renunciation—leaving society for the forest—does not by itself ensure inner freedom. Even those who have abandoned anger and envy may still fall into moha (delusion) and reproduce household attachments; true dharma requires inner clarity and detachment, not merely a change of location.
Arjuna raises a pointed observation: sages who depart from villages for forest life are expected to live as renunciants, yet he sees some behaving as if bound to household duties. His question sets up a discussion on the difference between genuine renunciation and attachment disguised as ascetic life.