Shloka 8
उपवासविधि-प्रश्नः
Inquiry into the Discipline of Fasting
निकृती हि नरो लोकान् पापान् गच्छत्यसंशयम् | विदुलस्येव तत् पुष्पं मोधं जनयितु: स्मृतम्
nikṛtī hi naro lokān pāpān gacchaty asaṁśayam | vidulasyeva tat puṣpaṁ moghaṁ janayituḥ smṛtam |
ビーシュマは言った。「欺きに生きる者は、疑いなく罪の世界（地獄の境域）へ赴く。その生誕は父にとっても空しく記憶される—実を結ばぬものとされるヴィドゥラ（vidula）の花のように。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Deceit (nikṛti/kapaṭa) is a grave ethical fault: it leads to sinful post-mortem destinations, and it renders one’s life—and even one’s birth in relation to one’s lineage—morally ‘fruitless’.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by condemning fraudulent conduct and using a proverbial simile—the ‘vidula flower’—to stress the worthlessness of a deceitful person’s life for family and society.