Shloka 2
अध्याय १५२: लोभः पापस्य मूलम् — Greed as the Root of Wrongdoing
सर्व हीदं दुष्कृतं मे ज्वलाम्यग्नाविवाहित:
sarva hīdaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ me jvalāmy agnāv ivāhitaḥ
Bhīṣma sprach: „All dieses Unrecht von mir brennt in meinem Innern; ich glühe, als wäre ich ins Feuer gelegt worden.“
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral injury is not merely external consequence but an inner fire: awareness of one’s own duṣkṛta (wrongdoing) can burn the conscience, urging confession, ethical clarity, and the pursuit of expiation and right conduct.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma—speaking from his bed of arrows—reflects on dharma and his own life. Here he voices personal anguish: the memory and weight of his misdeeds consume him like fire, setting a tone of penitential self-assessment within his instruction.