Shloka 31
कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः
Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority
यस्मादुद्धिजते लोक: सर्पाद् वेश्मगतादिव । न स धर्ममवाप्रोति इहलोके परत्र च,घरके भीतर रहनेवाले सर्पके समान जिस पुरुषसे सब लोग भयभीत रहते हैं, वह इहलोक और परलोकमें भी कभी धर्मके फलको नहीं पाता
yasmād uddvijate lokaḥ sarpād veśmagatād iva | na sa dharmam avāpnoti ihaloke paratra ca ||
图拉达罗说道：“那使众人因恐惧而退避的人——如同人们避开闯入屋中的蛇一般——在此世与彼世都永不得获达摩之果。”
तुलाधार उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma is incompatible with being a source of fear and harm to others. If one’s presence makes society recoil as from a dangerous intruder, one forfeits the moral and spiritual fruits of righteous living both here and hereafter.
In the Shānti Parva’s ethical discourse, Tulādhāra instructs his listener by using a vivid comparison: just as a snake inside a home terrifies everyone, so too a person who terrorizes others cannot claim dharma’s rewards.