Shloka 68
तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
विषमव्यवहाराश्नव विषमाश्रैव वृद्धिषु । लाभेषु विषमाश्चैव ते वै निरयगामिन:
viṣama-vyavahārāś caiva viṣamāś caiva vṛddhiṣu | lābheṣu viṣamāś caiva te vai niraya-gāminaḥ ||
Bhishma sprach: Wer nicht allen gegenüber gleichmäßig handelt und in Fragen von Zuwachs und Gewinn Parteilichkeit zeigt—indem er Vorteile nicht gerecht verteilt—ist gewiss der Hölle bestimmt. Die Lehre verurteilt voreingenommenes Verhalten in sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Geschäften als schweren Bruch des Dharma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Impartiality is a key requirement of dharma: one must deal equally with all and distribute gains and increments fairly; deliberate bias in transactions and allocation is treated as a serious moral fault with grave karmic consequences.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on righteous conduct, warning that those who practice partial and unequal dealings—especially regarding profit and growth—incur sin and fall to hell.