Shloka 4
अर्ध पापस्य हरति पुरुषस्येह कर्मण: । कृप: प्रवृत्तपानीय: सुप्रवृत्तश्न नित्यश:,जिसके खोदवाये हुए कुएँमें अच्छी तरह पानी निकलकर यहाँ सदा सब लोगोंके उपयोगमें आता है, वह उस मनुष्यके पापकर्मका आधा भाग हर लेता है
ardhaṁ pāpasya harati puruṣasyeha karmaṇaḥ | kṛpaḥ pravṛttapānīyaḥ supravṛttaś ca nityaśaḥ ||
Bhishma said: In this world, a well dug with compassion, yielding water abundantly and without cease for people’s daily use, removes half of a man’s sinful karma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A durable act of compassion that benefits many—such as providing a well with continuously available water—has strong moral and spiritual efficacy, said to remove a substantial portion of one’s sinful demerit.
Bhishma is instructing on dharma and the fruits of charitable works, highlighting the exceptional merit of establishing a well that reliably serves the public over time.