Shloka 61
तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
परदाराभिहर्तार: परदाराभिमर्शिन: । परदारप्रयोक्तारस्ते वै निरयगामिन:
bhīṣma uvāca | paradārābhihartāraḥ paradārābhimarśinaḥ | paradāraprayoktāras te vai nirayagāminaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。他人の妻を奪い去る者、他人の妻を犯し汚す者、また使者・仲介となって他人の妻への不義の交わりを取り持つ者——そのような者は、まことに地獄へ赴く。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that violating another’s marriage—whether by abduction, sexual violation, or by facilitating such acts as an intermediary—is a grave adharma with severe karmic consequence (descent to niraya). It broadens moral responsibility to include enablers, not only direct perpetrators.
Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira in the Anushasana Parva on rules of conduct and moral discipline. In this section he emphasizes social and ethical restraints, specifically condemning offenses against another man’s wife and warning of their consequences.