Shloka 3

Tapas, Tīrtha, and Moral Rehabilitation (Śānti-parva 148)

Devanagari script

स विनिन्दंस्तथा55त्मानं पुन: पुनरुवाच ह । अविद्वास्य: सुदुर्बुद्धिः सदा निकृतिनिश्चय:

Translation

Thus, condemning himself again and again, he spoke once more: “I am a man of wicked understanding, utterly misguided; no one should place trust in me. Deceit and cruelty have become the very rule of my life.”

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच