Shloka 3
भीष्मपतनविषये धृतराष्ट्रस्य प्रश्नाः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Questions on Bhīṣma’s Fall
महाराज मनुष्येषु निन्द्यं यः सर्वमाचरेत् । स वध्य: सर्वलोकस्य निन्दितानि समाचरन्
mahārāja manuṣyeṣu nindyaṁ yaḥ sarvam ācaret | sa vadhyaḥ sarvalokasya ninditāni samācaran ||
قال سَنْجَايَا: «أيها الملك، إن الرجل الذي، بين الناس، يأتي سلوكًا كله مستهجن، ويُصِرّ على ارتكاب الأفعال المذمومة—فبسبب ذلك السلوك المشين بعينه يغدو ممن يراه الناس كافة جديرًا بالقتل».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Publicly condemned, socially destructive conduct (nindita-karman) places a person outside the protection of communal norms; such a person is regarded as deserving severe punishment, even death, to uphold dharma and social order.
Sañjaya addresses the king (implicitly Dhṛtarāṣṭra) and states a general moral-legal principle: one who persists in universally censured behavior becomes liable to the harshest retribution in the eyes of all people.