Adhyāya 166: Kṛtaghna-doṣa (कृतघ्नदोषः) — the fault of ingratitude and the limits of expiation
सुवर्णहरणं स्तैन्यं विप्रस्व॑ चेति पातकम् । विहरन् मद्यपानाच्च अगम्यागमनादपि
suvarṇa-haraṇaṁ stainyaṁ viprasvaṁ ceti pātakam | viharan madya-pānāc ca agamyā-gamanād api |
ビーシュマは言った。「黄金を奪うこと、盗み、そしてバラモンの財を取り上げること—これらは重大な罪である。酒に溺れ、交わってはならぬ女のもとへ通い、堕落した者どもと交わる者は、たちまち身を落とす。さらに、バラモンでない者がバラモンの女(ブラーフマニー)と交われば、正しいダルマの行いから転落する。」
भीष्म उवाच
The verse warns that certain acts—stealing gold, theft in general, and taking a brāhmaṇa’s wealth—are major sins, and that habitual indulgence in intoxicants, illicit sexual relations, and association with morally fallen people rapidly leads to spiritual and social degradation (patitatva).
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he enumerates serious transgressions and describes how self-indulgent conduct (especially drink, forbidden sexual conduct, and corrupt company) causes a person to fall from righteous living.