Shloka 6
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
अलसग्रहणं प्राप्तो दुर्मेधावी तथोच्यते । बुद्धिलाघवयुक्तेन जनेनादीर्घदर्शिना,जो दूरतककी बात नहीं सोच सकते, ऐसे मन्दबुद्धि मानवोंने उसे आलसीकी उपाधि दे दी। उसे दुर्बुद्धि कहा जाने लगा
alasagrahaṇaṁ prāpto durmedhāvī tathocyate | buddhilāghavayuktena janenādīrghadarśinā ||
Bhishma said: When a person is branded with the charge of ‘laziness’, he is then spoken of as dull-witted as well. People whose understanding is shallow and who lack long-range vision hastily attach such labels—calling him lazy and unintelligent—because they cannot grasp what lies beyond the immediate moment.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Do not hastily label someone as lazy or unintelligent; such judgments often arise from shallow understanding and lack of long-term vision. Ethical discernment requires depth and foresight.
In Bhishma’s instruction during the Shanti Parva, he comments on how society misjudges people: those who cannot think far ahead quickly accuse someone of laziness and then also call him dull-witted.