Shloka 3
भीष्मपतनविषये धृतराष्ट्रस्य प्रश्नाः | Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Questions on Bhīṣma’s Fall
महाराज मनुष्येषु निन्द्यं यः सर्वमाचरेत् । स वध्य: सर्वलोकस्य निन्दितानि समाचरन्
mahārāja manuṣyeṣu nindyaṁ yaḥ sarvam ācaret | sa vadhyaḥ sarvalokasya ninditāni samācaran ||
महाराज! जो पुरुष मनुष्यों में सर्वथा निन्दनीय आचरण करता है और निन्दित कर्मों में ही लगा रहता है, वह उसी दुष्कर्म के कारण सब लोगों के लिए वध्य ठहरता है।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Publicly condemned, socially destructive conduct (nindita-karman) places a person outside the protection of communal norms; such a person is regarded as deserving severe punishment, even death, to uphold dharma and social order.
Sañjaya addresses the king (implicitly Dhṛtarāṣṭra) and states a general moral-legal principle: one who persists in universally censured behavior becomes liable to the harshest retribution in the eyes of all people.