Shloka 42
दानफलप्रकरणम् — उपानहदानं, तिलदानं, भूमिदानं, गोदानं, अन्नदानं च
Gifts and Their Stated Results: Footwear, Sesame, Land, Cows, and Food
सदा भवन्न्ति चोद्विग्नास्तस्य दुश्चरितैर्नरा: । योगक्षेमा हि बहवो राष्ट्र नास्थाविशन्ति तत्
sadā bhavanti codvignās tasya duścaritair narāḥ | yogakṣemā hi bahavo rāṣṭra nāsthāviśanti tat ||
Bhīṣma dijo: «Por su conducta perversa, los hombres son arrojados sin cesar a la zozobra. En verdad, muchos que buscan seguridad y bienestar no hallan asiento firme en ese reino; no pueden establecerse allí en paz».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler’s immoral conduct destabilizes society: it produces constant fear and anxiety among the people, and even those seeking ordinary welfare and security cannot find stable peace in such a kingdom.
Bhīṣma, in his instruction on dharma and governance, describes the social effects of a leader’s duścarita (bad conduct): citizens remain distressed, and the kingdom fails to provide yogakṣema—secure well-being—for its inhabitants.