Shloka 146
आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः
Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca
मातुला भागिनेयाश्व तथा सम्बन्धिबान्धवा: । “माता-पिता, पुत्र, मामा, भांजे, सम्बन्धी तथा बन्धु-बान्धव-इन सबमें स्वार्थके सम्बन्धसे ही स्नेह होता है ।। पुत्र हि मातापितरौ त्यजत: पतितं प्रियम्
mātulā bhāgineyāś ca tathā sambandhi-bāndhavāḥ | mātā-pitarau putro māmā bhāñjaḥ sambandhī tathā bandhu-bāndhavāḥ—eteṣu sarveṣu svārtha-sambandhenaiva sneho bhavati || putro hi mātā-pitarau tyajataḥ patitaṁ priyam |
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—মাতুল, ভাগিনেয়, আৰু তদ্ৰূপ আত্মীয়-স্বজন আৰু বংশ-বন্ধন; মাতা-পিতা, পুত্ৰ, মাতুল, ভাগিনেয়—ইহঁতৰ মাজত সাধাৰণতে স্বাৰ্থ-সম্পৰ্ক যিমান, স্নেহো সিমানেই জাগে। সত্যই, দুৰ্দশাত পতিত নিজৰ প্ৰিয় মাতা-পিতাকো পুত্ৰ ত্যাগ কৰে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma highlights a hard ethical realism: ordinary worldly affection within families often depends on perceived benefit; when fortune turns, even close relations may withdraw. The implied counsel is to ground one’s conduct in dharma rather than relying on unstable, interest-based attachment.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhishthira, Bhishma continues a reflective discourse on social bonds and moral conduct, using the example of family relationships to illustrate how attachment can be conditional and why a dharmic person should cultivate steadiness and discernment.