Shloka 14
गोप्रदानगुणाः तथा कपिलागोविधानम्
Merits of Cow-Gift and the Origin-Account of Kapilā Cows
न पारदारी पश्यति लोकमेतं न वै गुरुध्नो न मृषा सम्प्रलापी । सदा प्रवादी ब्राह्मणेष्वात्तवैरो दोषैरेतैर्यश्व युक्तो दुरात्मा
pitāmaha uvāca | na pāradārī paśyati lokam etaṃ na vai gurudhno na mṛṣā sampralāpī | sadā pravādī brāhmaṇeṣv āttavairo doṣair etair yaś ca yukto durātmā |
Dijo Pitāmaha: «Quien viola a la esposa de otro no contempla ese mundo; tampoco el asesino de su maestro, ni quien habla con falsedad y engaño. El hombre siempre inclinado a la calumnia, que ha tomado enemistad contra los brāhmaṇas y está atado a tales faltas—ese de alma perversa no alcanza el reino bienaventurado, pues esa morada es para los justos».
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Certain grave transgressions—sexual misconduct with another’s spouse, killing one’s teacher, habitual lying, slander, and hostility toward brāhmaṇas—are presented as dharma-destroying vices that obstruct access to a righteous, heavenly realm reserved for the virtuous.
Bhīṣma (Pitāmaha), in his instruction on dharma during the Anuśāsana Parva, lists specific moral faults and declares their spiritual consequence: a person dominated by these vices cannot attain the auspicious world where the righteous dwell.