Shloka 5
उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel
निदर्शनमिदं राजन् शृणु मे भरतर्षभ । दुरुक्तवचने राजन् यथापूर्व युधिष्ठिर,भरतभूषण राजा युधिष्ठिर! इस विषयमें एक दृष्टान्त सुनो, जो दुःखमें पड़े हुए एक नीच जातिके पुरुषको उपदेश देनेसे सम्बन्धित है
nidārśanam idaṃ rājan śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha | duruktavacane rājan yathāpūrva yudhiṣṭhira ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Ô roi, taureau parmi les Bharata, écoute de ma bouche cet exemple. Ô roi Yudhiṣṭhira, comme on le racontait jadis, il concerne les conséquences de paroles dures et mal prononcées.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma introduces a moral illustration to warn that harsh or improper speech (durukta-vacana) has serious ethical consequences; a king should practice restraint and propriety in words.
Bhīṣma addresses King Yudhiṣṭhira and begins an instructive story (nidārśana), signaling that an older precedent will be recounted to explain the issue of ill-spoken words.