Shloka 68
तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
विषमव्यवहाराश्नव विषमाश्रैव वृद्धिषु । लाभेषु विषमाश्चैव ते वै निरयगामिन:
viṣama-vyavahārāś caiva viṣamāś caiva vṛddhiṣu | lābheṣu viṣamāś caiva te vai niraya-gāminaḥ ||
Dijo Bhishma: Quienes no tratan a todos con ecuanimidad y muestran parcialidad en asuntos de aumento y ganancia—sin repartir los beneficios con justicia—están, sin duda, destinados al infierno. La enseñanza condena la conducta sesgada en los tratos sociales y económicos como una grave transgresión del dharma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Impartiality is a key requirement of dharma: one must deal equally with all and distribute gains and increments fairly; deliberate bias in transactions and allocation is treated as a serious moral fault with grave karmic consequences.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on righteous conduct, warning that those who practice partial and unequal dealings—especially regarding profit and growth—incur sin and fall to hell.