Shloka 7
पुलाका इव धान्येषु पुत्तिका इव पक्षिषु । तद्विधास्ते मनुष्याणां येषां धर्मो न कारणम्,जिनका उद्देश्य धर्म नहीं है, ऐसे मनुष्य मानव-समाजके भीतर वैसे ही समझे जाते हैं, जैसे धानमें थोथा पौधा और पंखवाले जीवोंमें मच्छर
pulākā iva dhānyeṣu puttikā iva pakṣiṣu | tadvidhās te manuṣyāṇāṃ yeṣāṃ dharmo na kāraṇam ||
Dijo Bhishma: «Así como un brote hueco e inútil entre el grano, y como un mosquito entre las criaturas aladas, así son, dentro de la sociedad humana, aquellos cuya motivación no es el dharma».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person’s worth in society is measured by whether dharma is their guiding purpose; without dharma as motive, one becomes socially and ethically insignificant, like a hollow stalk among grain or a gnat among winged beings.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhishma continues a moral discourse, using sharp similes to condemn those who live without dharma as their aim.