Shloka 11
अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः
Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind
क्षेपायमाणमभिषड़व्यलीकं निगृह्नाति ज्वलितं यश्व मन्युम् । अदुष्टचेता मुदितो5नसूयु: स आदत्ते सुकृतं वै परेषाम्
kṣepāyamāṇam abhiṣaḍ-avyalīkaṃ nigṛhṇāti jvalitaṃ yaś ca manyum | aduṣṭa-cetā mudito 'nasūyuḥ sa ādatte sukṛtaṃ vai pareṣām ||
当人被辱骂诋毁之时，若能摄住那炽燃的怒火——心地坦直，不怀欺诳——令心不染，常怀欣悦，且无嫉妒：此人确实将他人所积之功德摄为己有。在《寂静品》（Śānti）的伦理视野中，面对侮辱而忍耐自制，并非仅是硬撑；它会成为积聚德行的强大法门。
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that restraining anger when insulted—while remaining sincere, pure-minded, cheerful, and non-envious—creates great spiritual merit; such patience is said to draw to oneself the merit that would otherwise belong to others.
Haṃsa is instructing on dharma in the Śānti Parva, describing the ideal response to abuse: the virtuous person does not retaliate, but masters anger and maintains inner purity, thereby gaining moral and spiritual benefit.