Shloka 8
हरणं परवित्तानां परदाराभिमर्शनम् | वाग्वेगो मनसो वेगो निन्दावेगस्तथैव च
haraṇaṁ paravittānāṁ paradārābhimarśanam | vāg-vego manaso vegaḥ nindā-vegas tathaiva ca
Bhīṣma said: “Taking what belongs to others, violating another man’s wife, the impulsive rush of speech, the impulsive rush of the mind, and likewise the impulsive urge to disparage—these are forces that drive a person toward wrongdoing and must be restrained in the pursuit of dharma.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma lists key moral dangers—stealing others’ wealth, violating another’s spouse, and the unchecked impulses of speech, mind, and disparagement—implying that dharma requires mastery over these urges through restraint and ethical discipline.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct after the war. Here he enumerates specific impulses and transgressions that undermine character and social order, as part of a broader discourse on dharma and self-governance.