Shloka 26
अध्याय १५२: लोभः पापस्य मूलम् — Greed as the Root of Wrongdoing
स्वकर्माण्यभिसंधाय नाभिनन्दति मे मन: । “यह सारा पाप मुझमें मौजूद है; अतः मैं चिन्तासे उसी प्रकार जल रहा हूँ
svakarmāṇy abhisandhāya nābhinandati me manaḥ |
Bhīṣma dit : «Quand je médite sur mes propres actes, mon esprit ne trouve aucune joie. Tout le fardeau du péché semble demeurer en moi ; c’est pourquoi l’inquiétude me brûle, comme si l’on m’avait placé au milieu du feu. En me souvenant de mes actions fautives, mon cœur ne peut, de lui-même, s’apaiser.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral clarity begins with honest self-examination: when one measures oneself against dharma, the mind may refuse self-congratulation. Remorse and inner burning arise from awareness of adharma, and this recognition becomes the ground for ethical correction and expiation.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma after the war. Here he turns inward, confessing that recollection of his own deeds brings no satisfaction; he feels consumed by anxiety and guilt, as if burning in fire, indicating the psychological cost of past wrongdoing even in a revered elder.