Shloka 23
अग्राह्य-ज्ञातिसंबन्धमण्डल-विवेचनम् / Managing Unreadable Kinship Networks: Vāsudeva–Nārada on Cohesion
जब सजातीय बन्धु आपके प्रति कड़वी तथा ओछी बातें कहना चाहें, उस समय आप मधुर वचन बोलकर उनके हृदय, वाणी तथा मनको शान्त कर दें ।।
yadā sajātīyā bandhavaḥ tava prati kaṭvīr nīcāś ca vācaḥ vaktum iccheyuḥ, tadā tvaṃ madhurair vacobhir hṛdayaṃ vāk ca manaś ca teṣāṃ śāntayeḥ. na mahāpuruṣaḥ vaśīkṛtātmā na sahāyavān mahātīṃ dhuram ādhattuṃ śaknoti; tasmāt tvam eva etāṃ gurutarāṃ dhuram hṛdayena utthāpya urasā vahā.
那罗陀说道：当与你同族的亲人将要对你说出刻薄而卑劣之言时，你当以甘美之语作答，使他们的心、言与意皆得安息。非真大丈夫者，不能自制者，又无助力者，不能举起沉重之担。故而你当亲自从心中担起此重负，坚毅地负之于胸。
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Respond to harshness with gentle speech that pacifies others, and cultivate self-mastery and inner strength to carry heavy responsibilities; greatness is shown by restraint, steadiness, and the capacity to bear burdens.
Nārada instructs the listener on practical dharma: when relatives speak bitterly, one should calm the situation through sweet words, and personally shoulder the difficult burden that lesser, uncontrolled, unsupported people cannot bear.