Shloka 9
अनुशासनपर्व अध्याय ९३ — तपस्, सदोपवास, विघसाशन, अतिथिप्रियता
Austerity, regulated fasting, residual-eating, and hospitality
पर्वकारश्न सूची च मित्रध्रुक् पारदारिक: । अव्रतानामुपाध्याय: काण्डपृष्ठस्तथैव च
parvakāraś ca sūcī ca mitradhruk pāradārikaḥ | avratānām upādhyāyaḥ kāṇḍapṛṣṭhas tathaiva ca ||
Bhīṣma dijo: «Quien fabrica o manipula documentos, un delator, un traidor de amigos, un seductor de la esposa ajena, un maestro que instruye a quienes viven sin votos ni disciplina, y asimismo quien hiere por la espalda: éstos deben ser reconocidos como conductas viles y reprobables».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse lists socially and morally condemned behaviors—betraying friends, adultery, informing for harm, deceitful fabrication, teaching the undisciplined for improper ends, and attacking from behind—highlighting that dharma requires loyalty, restraint, honesty, and straightforward conduct.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues his instruction on dharma, enumerating types of people and actions considered ignoble, as part of a broader ethical discourse to guide righteous living.