Shloka 105
वेदेषु धर्मशास्त्रेषु मिथ्या यो वै द्विजातिषु । देवेषु पितृधर्मेषु सो$क्षयं नरकं॑ व्रजेत्
vedeṣu dharmaśāstreṣu mithyā yo vai dvijātiṣu | deveṣu pitṛdharmeṣu so 'kṣayaṃ narakaṃ vrajet ||
Yudhiṣṭhira dit : «Quiconque nourrit un jugement mensonger ou méprisant à l’égard des Veda et des Dharmaśāstra, à l’égard des “deux-fois-nés” (les brahmanes), ainsi qu’à l’égard des dieux et des rites dus aux ancêtres, va vers un enfer impérissable.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that deliberate false judgment or contempt toward foundational sources of dharma—Veda, Dharmaśāstra, the twice-born (as custodians of ritual learning), the gods, and ancestral obligations—undermines moral order and leads to grave karmic consequence, described as unending hell.
In the Vana Parva’s dharma-discussions, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a principle about right belief and reverence: rejecting or maligning sacred authority and obligatory rites is presented as a serious ethical fault with severe afterlife परिणाम (result).