Shloka 863
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
कथं गच्छत नि:स्नेहा: सुतस्नेहं विसृज्य च | अहो! धिक््कार है। तुमलोग गीधकी बातोंमें आकर मूर्खोके समान पुत्रस्नेहसे रहित हुए प्रेमशून्य होकर कैसे घरको लौटे जा रहे हो?
kathaṃ gacchata niḥsnehāḥ sutasnehaṃ visṛjya ca |
贾姆布卡说道：“你们怎能继续上路，竟无半分情意——把对亲生儿子的爱都抛却了？唉，真是可耻！被那秃鹫的话所欺，你们怎会像愚人一般，冷冷清清、毫无父子之情地返家而去？”
जम्बुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns the abandonment of natural compassion and responsibility—especially parental affection—under the influence of misleading counsel. Ethically, it warns that dharma is not upheld by becoming emotionally barren or by surrendering one’s discernment to persuasive but harmful advice.
Jambuka rebukes a group who, swayed by a vulture’s talk, have given up their attachment to their son and are returning home as if indifferent. His speech is a sharp moral reprimand, highlighting their loss of judgment and humane feeling.