Shloka 37
Chapter 81: Trust, Allies, and the Qualifications of the King’s Artha-Secretary (अर्थसचिव)
नाज्ञातिरनुगृह्नाति न चाज्ञातिर्नमस्यति । उभयं ज्ञातिवर्गेषु दृश्यते साथ्वसाधु च,दूसरी जातिका मनुष्य न अनुग्रह करता है, न नमस्कार। इस प्रकार जाति-भाइयोंमें भलाई और बुराई दोनों देखनेमें आती हैं
nā-jñātir anugṛhṇāti na ca ajñātir namasyati | ubhayaṃ jñātivargeṣu dṛśyate sādhv-asādhu ca ||
যে আত্মীয় নয়, সে সহজে অনুগ্রহ করে না, আর আত্মীয় নয় এমন কেউ শ্রদ্ধাও নিবেদন করে না। কিন্তু নিজের আত্মীয়বর্গের মধ্যে উভয়ই দেখা যায়—সৎ আচরণও, অসৎ আচরণও।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma highlights a realistic ethic of social life: outsiders often do not offer the same support or respect as kin, yet even within one’s own relatives both virtue and vice are found. Therefore, kinship alone is not a guarantee of goodness.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising on conduct and social behavior, observing how help and honor tend to operate within and outside kin-groups, and noting the mixed moral quality present among relatives.