Shloka 78
तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
उपाध्यायांश्व भृत्यांश्व भक्ताश्न॑ भरतर्षभ । ये त्यजन्त्यविकारांस्त्रींस्ते वै निरयगामिन:
upādhyāyāṁś ca bhṛtyāṁś ca bhaktāṁś ca bharatarṣabha | ye tyajanty avikārāṁs trīṁs te vai nirayagāminaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「おお、バーラタ族の雄牛よ。咎なき師たち、召使いたち、そして忠実に身を寄せる者たちを見捨てる者は、まことに地獄へと定められる。無垢の依存者を庇護と恩義をもって守るべきところを捨てるのは、ダルマへの重大な背反である。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
One must not abandon those who are blameless yet bound to oneself by obligation—teachers who gave instruction, servants who served, and devoted dependents who relied on one’s protection. Ingratitude and neglect of the innocent are treated as serious adharma with grave karmic results.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct. Here he warns that rejecting one’s preceptor, attendants, or loyal followers without any fault on their part leads to a hellish destiny, reinforcing the king’s duty to uphold relationships of responsibility.