Shloka 104
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
स्वैरं रुदन्तो विश्रब्धाश्रिरं स्नेहेन पश्यत । (दारुणे5स्मिन् वनोद्देशे भयं वो न भविष्यति । अयं सौम्यो वनोद्देश: पितृणां निधनाकर: ।।) स्थीयतां यावदादित्य: कि च क्रव्यादभाषितै:
svairaṁ rudanto viśrabdhāśriraṁ snehena paśyata | (dāruṇe ’smin vanoddeśe bhayaṁ vo na bhaviṣyati | ayaṁ saumyo vanoddeśaḥ pitṝṇāṁ nidhanākaraḥ ||) sthīyatāṁ yāvad ādityaḥ kiṁ ca kravyādabhāṣitaiḥ |
阇婆迦说道：“你们尽可恸哭，却要以信任与慈爱相视。在这严酷的林野之中，恐惧不会临到你们。此林地本性温和——实乃诸父（Pitṛ，亡祖先灵）归尽之所。只要太阳尚在天际，就留在这里；又何必理会那些食肉者的言语？”
जम्बुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes calming fear through reassurance and affectionate counsel: even in a frightening setting, one should steady the mind, remain together, and not be driven by alarming or predatory speech.
Jambuka addresses a group who are crying in a forest. He urges them to look on with trust, assures them that no danger will befall them there, tells them to stay until the sun’s time, and dismisses the threatening talk of ‘flesh-eaters’ (predators or hostile beings).