Shloka 44
Kośa, Bala, and Maryādā: Treasury, Capacity, and Enforceable Limits (कोश-बल-मर्यादा)
सर्वोपायैराददीत धन यज्ञप्रयोजनम् । न तुल्यदोष: स्यादेवं कार्याकार्येषु भारत
sarvopāyair ādadīta dhanaṁ yajñaprayojanam | na tulyadoṣaḥ syād evaṁ kāryākāryeṣu bhārata bharatanandana ||
ભરતનંદન! યજ્ઞના પ્રયોજન માટે સર્વ ઉપાયોથી ધનનો સંગ્રહ કરવો જોઈએ. હે ભારત! આ રીતે કરવાનું અને ન કરવાનું કર્મ ગૂંચવાઈ જાય ત્યારે કર્તાને અન્ય પ્રસંગોની જેમ સમાન દોષ લાગતો નથી.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma highlights a dharma-ambiguity: when a sacred end like sustaining a yajña is at stake, one may resort to many practical means to obtain resources, and the moral blame is not judged as strictly as in ordinary situations—because the context (kārya vs. akārya) becomes complex and intention/purpose (prayojana) matters.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and governance, Bhishma advises Yudhiṣṭhira on difficult ethical choices. Here he addresses how a ruler/householder might procure wealth for ritual obligations, noting that in such constrained circumstances the agent’s fault is not equivalent to that incurred in normal cases.