Shloka 41
Gārhasthya-Śreṣṭhatā and Kṣatriya-Daṇḍadhāraṇa
Householder Primacy and the Royal Duty of Punishment
प्रादुरास्तां ततस्तस्य करो जलजसंनिभौ । शंखकी वह बात सुनकर लिखितने उस समय पवित्र नदी बाहुदामें स्नान किया और पितरोंका तर्पण करनेके लिये चेष्टा आरम्भ की। इतनेहीमें उनके कमल-सदृश सुन्दर दो हाथ प्रकट हो गये || ४० $ ।।
prādurāstāṃ tatastasya karau jalajasaṃnibhau |
就在那一刻，两只手——美如莲华——为他显现出来。利弃多惊异万分，将那双手指给兄长看。商迦说道：“弟弟，不必对此起疑。凭我苦行（tapas）之力，使你的双手再生；此处，命运的法令已得成就。”
शंख उवाच
Educational Q&A
The episode underscores that sincere atonement and adherence to dharma can lead to restoration, and that tapas (austerity) and moral resolve are portrayed as powerful forces; it also frames outcomes as aligning with daiva-vidhāna (the larger moral order or destiny).
After Likhita’s act of expiation, two lotus-like hands manifest. Likhita, astonished, shows them to his brother Śaṅkha, who explains that through his austerity he has caused the hands to appear and that the divine ordinance has come to fruition.