Shloka 36
आचारप्रशंसा
Praise of Ācāra as the Basis of Longevity, Fame, and Prosperity
नास्तिक्यं वेदनिन्दां च देवतानां च कुत्सनम् । देषस्तम्भो5भिमानं च तैक्ष्ण्यं च परिवर्जयेत्
nāstikyaṁ vedanindāṁ ca devatānāṁ ca kutsanam | dveṣa-stambho 'bhimānaṁ ca taikṣṇyaṁ ca parivarjayet ||
ビーシュマは言った。「不信（ナースティキヤ）という不法、ヴェーダを侮ること、神々を貶めることを捨てよ。同様に、悪意、頑迷な驕り、高慢、そして苛烈さをも捨てよ。これらの過失はダルマを蝕むゆえ、正しい行いを求める者は必ず退けねばならぬ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse instructs the aspirant in dharma to abandon specific inner and outer vices—denial of sacred-moral order, contempt for scripture and deities, hatred, stubborn self-assertion, pride, and harshness—because these dispositions undermine righteous conduct and social harmony.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma, lying on the bed of arrows, continues his extended instruction on dharma to Yudhiṣṭhira. Here he lists faults to be renounced as part of ethical discipline and proper conduct.