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 |
Pitāmaha dit : «Celui qui souille l’épouse d’autrui ne contemple pas ce monde ; pas davantage le meurtrier de son maître, ni celui qui profère mensonge et tromperie. L’homme toujours porté à la médisance, qui a pris en haine les brāhmaṇas et demeure lié à de telles fautes—cet être à l’âme mauvaise n’atteint pas le séjour bienheureux, car cette demeure est réservée aux justes.»
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.