Shloka 16
भीष्मस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति कुलहितोपदेशः | Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Duryodhana on Dynastic Welfare
कृतार्था: सुभृता ये लक व वस्थिता कृत्यकाले हाुपस्थिते । अनवेक्ष्य कृतं पापा न्त्यनवस्थिता:
kṛtārthāḥ subhṛtā ye lakṣaṇavāsthitā kṛtyakāle hy upasthite | anavekṣya kṛtaṃ pāpā nty anavasthitāḥ ||
قال كارنا: «إنّ من أتمّ غايته ونال كفاية العيش، وثبت على السلوك القويم، إذا حضر وقت الفعل لا يتزلزل. أمّا الآثم المضطرب القلب فيعمل من غير نظرٍ إلى ما مضى ولا إلى ما هو حقّ؛ فإذا فقد الثبات وقع في الطيش والعجلة.»
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steadiness and discernment are marks of the accomplished when decisive duty arrives; moral failure is linked with instability and heedless action that ignores what is right or already established.
Karna is speaking in the Udyoga Parva context of impending war and decision-making, contrasting the firm resolve of capable, properly grounded persons with the rash, unstable conduct of the morally compromised.