Shloka 7
Śrī-nivāsa: Traits and Conditions for the Abode of Prosperity (श्री-निवासः)
नाकर्मशीले पुरुषे वसामि न नास्तिके साड्करिके कृतघ्ने । न भिन्नवृत्ते न नृशंसवर्णे न चापि चौरे न गुरुष्वसूये
bhīṣma uvāca | nākarmaśīle puruṣe vasāmi na nāstike sāṅkarike kṛtaghne | na bhinnavṛtte na nṛśaṃsavārṇe na cāpi caure na guruṣv asūye ||
「我は、正しき行いに怠惰なる者には宿らぬ。信を欠く者にも、世の秩序を乱し混淆を助長する者にも、恩を知らぬ者にも宿らぬ。行いが乱れて節度なき者にも、残忍なる性の者にも宿らぬ。盗人にも宿らず、また長老や師の過失ばかりを常にあげつらう者にも、我は留まらぬ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma (and the inner presence of virtue) does not abide in a person marked by idleness toward duty, denial of moral order, ingratitude, cruel or thieving behavior, unstable conduct, or habitual fault-finding toward elders and teachers. Ethical life is framed as a set of inner dispositions that either invite or repel dharma.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues his ethical counsel, listing the types of persons in whom ‘I do not dwell’—a rhetorical way of stating that righteousness/virtue abandons those who embody these vices.