Shloka 10
Adhyāya 164: Gautama as Guest; Kaśyapa’s Satkāra and the Fourfold Arthagati; Journey to Virūpākṣa
दयया सर्वभूतानां निर्वेदात् सा निवर्तते । अवद्यदर्शनादेति तत्त्वज्ञानाच्च धीमताम्,क्रोध और लोभसे तथा अभ्याससे परासुता प्रकट होती है। संपूर्ण प्राणियोंके प्रति दयासे और वैराग्यसे वह निवृत्त होती है। परदोष-दर्शनसे इसकी उत्पत्ति होती और बुद्धिमानोंके तत्त्वज्ञानसे वह नष्ट हो जाती है
dayayā sarvabhūtānāṁ nirvedāt sā nivartate | avadyadarśanād eti tattvajñānāc ca dhīmatām ||
Bhishma explains that this harmful disposition arises from the habit of noticing others’ faults, but it is checked and turned back by compassion toward all beings and by dispassion. For the wise, true knowledge of reality destroys it altogether, replacing fault-finding with understanding and restraint.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that the tendency to judge and dwell on others’ faults gives rise to a destructive mental state, while compassion for all beings and dispassion restrain it; for the wise, insight into truth (tattva-jñāna) uproots it completely.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira on dharma and inner discipline. Here he analyzes the causes of a moral-psychological failing (born of fault-finding) and prescribes its remedies—compassion, detachment, and true knowledge.