Shloka 75
उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातमुपदेशकृते मया । महान् क्लेशो हि भवति तस्मान्नोपदिशेदिह
etad te sarvam ākhyātam upadeśa-kṛte mayā | mahān kleśo hi bhavati tasmān nopadiśed iha ||
قال بهيشما: «قد بيّنتُ لك هذا كلَّه تمام البيان لأجل التعليم. فإنّ كربًا عظيمًا ينشأ من إلقاء الإرشاد على غير أهله؛ لذلك لا ينبغي أن يُعطى التعليم هنا على غير تمييز.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Instruction should be given with discernment: teaching those who are unfit or unreceptive leads to trouble for the instructor; therefore counsel should not be offered indiscriminately.
Bhishma concludes a segment of counsel by telling his listener that he has explained everything for the sake of guidance, and he adds a caution about the risks of advising those without proper eligibility.