Shloka 67
तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
पाषण्डा दूषकाश्चैव समयानां च दूषका: । ये प्रत्यवसिता श्चैव ते वै निरयगामिन:
pāṣaṇḍā dūṣakāś caiva samayānāṃ ca dūṣakāḥ | ye pratyavasitāś caiva te vai nirayagāminaḥ ||
Bhishma bersabda: Mereka yang sesat dalam keyakinan, para pencela, para perusak tata-aturan dan laku keagamaan, serta mereka yang setelah sekali mengikrarkan pelepasan (sannyasa) kembali lagi ke kehidupan berumah tangga—mereka sungguh menuju neraka.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that undermining dharma—through heretical conduct, malicious criticism, corrupting religious observances, or breaking the integrity of a renunciant vow by reverting to household life—leads to severe moral consequence (naraka). It emphasizes fidelity to vows and protection of religious-social discipline.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he lists categories of behavior seen as destructive to religious order and vows, stating their karmic outcome as hell-boundness.