Shloka 57
विस्नंसयन्ति मन्त्र च विवृण्वन्ति च दुष्कृतम् लीलया चैव कुर्वन्ति सावज्ञास्तस्य शासनम्,राजकीय गुप्त बातों तथा राजाके दोषोंको भी दूसरों पर प्रकट कर देते हैं। राजाके आदेशकी अवहेलना करके खिलवाड़ करते हुए उसका पालन करते हैं
visnaṃsayanti mantraṃ ca vivṛṇvanti ca duṣkṛtam | līlayā caiva kurvanti sāvajñās tasya śāsanam ||
Dijo Bhīṣma: «Desprecian el consejo del rey e incluso lo divulgan; también sacan a la luz sus malas acciones. Tratando su autoridad con desprecio, hacen un juego de sus órdenes: aparentan obedecer, pero en verdad socavan y se burlan de la disciplina misma de su gobierno.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma warns that those who belittle royal counsel, reveal confidential matters, and treat the ruler’s commands as a joke corrode governance and dharma. Loyalty, discretion, and sincere compliance with rightful authority are essential for stable rule.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on kingship and conduct, Bhishma describes a harmful type of courtly behavior: people who publicize the king’s private counsel and faults, and who outwardly ‘follow’ orders while inwardly mocking and subverting them.