Shloka 59
Vyāghra–Gomāyu Saṃvāda (व्याघ्रगोमायु संवाद) — Testing Character Beneath Appearances
शेरकी यह बात सुनकर उसकी माता हितकर वचनोंद्वारा उसे समझानेके लिये वहाँ आयी और बोली--'बेटा! इसमें कुछ कपटपूर्ण षड्यन्त्र हुआ मालूम पड़ता है; अतः तुम्हें इसपर विश्वास नहीं करना चाहिये ।। कर्मसंघर्षजैदरषिर्दुष्पेताशुचिभि: शुचि: । नोच्छितं सहते कश्रित् प्रक्रिया वैरकारिका,“काममें लाग-डाँट हो जानेसे जिनके मनमें शुद्धभाव नहीं है, वे लोग निर्दोषपर ही दोषारोपण करते हैं। किसीको अपनेसे ऊँची अवस्थामें देख कर कोई-कोई ईर्ष्यावश सहन नहीं कर पाते। यही वैरभाव उत्पन्न करनेवाली प्रक्रिया है
śerakī etāṃ bātaṃ śrutvā tasyā mātā hitakaraiḥ vacanaiḥ taṃ bodhayituṃ tatra āgatya uvāca— “vatsa! atra kiñcit kapaṭapūrṇaṃ ṣaḍyantraṃ bhāti; ataḥ tvayā asmin viśvāso na kartavyaḥ. karma-saṅgharṣa-jaiḥ doṣaiḥ duṣṭaiḥ aśucibhiḥ śuciḥ (api) nirdoṣaḥ doṣyate. na uccitaṃ sahate kaścit prakriyā vaira-kārikā.”
Bhīṣma said: Hearing this, his mother came there to counsel him with words meant for his welfare and said, “My son, it seems some deceitful plot is at work here; therefore you should not place trust in it. When people are tainted by faults born of rivalry and conflict, and their minds are impure, they often impute blame to the blameless. Some cannot endure seeing another in a higher position and, out of jealousy, they turn it into hostility—this is the very process by which enmity is manufactured.”
भीष्म उवाच