Shloka 4
संशय: सुगमस्तत्र दुर्गमस्तस्य निर्णय: । दृष्ट श्रुतमनन्तं हि यत्र संशयदर्शनम्
saṁśayaḥ sugamas tatra durgamas tasya nirṇayaḥ | dṛṣṭa-śrutam anantaṁ hi yatra saṁśaya-darśanam ||
Bhīṣma dijo: «En asuntos de dharma, suscitar la duda es fácil, pero llegar a una decisión firme es sumamente difícil. Pues tanto lo visto directamente como lo oído de la tradición autorizada no tienen fin; y en ambos, inevitablemente, surgen ocasiones para la duda.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Doubts about dharma arise easily, but resolving them is hard because both perception (what is seen) and tradition/scripture (what is heard) are vast and can each generate uncertainty; therefore ethical judgment requires careful discernment rather than quick conclusions.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira, emphasizing the difficulty of settling moral questions when evidence from experience and from scriptural tradition is extensive and sometimes ambiguous.