Shloka 24
Jñāna-yoga and Karma-phala: Manu–Bṛhaspati on Akṣara and the Limits of Mantra
प्रत्यादित्यं न मेहेत न पश्येदात्मन: शकृत् । सह स्त्रियाथ शयनं सह भोज्यं च वर्जयेत्
pratyādityaṃ na meheta na paśyed ātmanaḥ śakṛt | saha striyātha śayanaṃ saha bhojyaṃ ca varjayet ||
ビーシュマは言った。「太陽に向かって小便してはならず、また自らの糞穢を見つめてもならない。さらに、女と同じ床に寝ること、同じ皿から共に食することを避けよ。これらは正しい行いのうちにある清浄と節制の規律として説かれる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches standards of personal conduct (ācāra) aimed at purity, modesty, and restraint: respecting the sun by not urinating toward it, maintaining cleanliness and decorum, and observing boundaries in intimate and communal habits such as sleeping and eating arrangements.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he lists practical behavioral rules—everyday disciplines that support ethical living and social propriety.