Shloka 23
शठ: स्वधर्ममुत्सूज्य तमिच्छेदुपजीवितुम् । सर्वोपायैर्निहन्तव्य: पापो निकृतिजीवन:
śaṭhaḥ svadharmam utsṛjya tam icched upajīvitum | sarvopāyair nihantavyaḥ pāpo nikṛtijīvanaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「狡猾な者が自らの正しい務め（スヴァダルマ）を捨て、欺きによって生計を立てようとするなら、それは詐欺を糧とする罪人である。そのような者はあらゆる手段をもって抑えねばならぬ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
One must not abandon svadharma to survive through deception; a livelihood based on fraud is condemned as sinful, and the ruler/society is urged to suppress such predatory conduct decisively for the protection of dharma.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on governance and moral order, Bhīṣma advises the king on dealing with harmful social types; here he identifies the deceitful person who lives by trickery and prescribes firm punitive action to prevent the spread of adharma.