Shloka 24
Vimokṣa-niścaya: Pañcaśikha’s Analysis of Aggregates, Guṇas, and Tyāga (मोक्षनिर्णयः)
दोषाणामेवमादीनां परीक्ष्य गुरुलाघवम् । विमृशेदात्मसंस्थानमेकैकमनुसंततम्
doṣāṇām evam-ādīnāṁ parīkṣya guru-lāghavam | vimṛśed ātma-saṁsthānam ekaikam anusantatam ||
ビーシュマは言った。「このように、これらの過失および同類の過失について、その重さと軽さ—すなわち重大さと相対的な些末さ—を吟味したなら、次に自らの内なるありさまを絶えず省みよ。過失を一つ一つ取り上げ、己のうちにそれがあるか、あるならどれほどかを見定めるのだ。かくして持続する自己省察によって、あらゆる欠陥から離れんと努めよ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
To assess moral faults by their relative seriousness and then engage in sustained, item-by-item self-scrutiny—checking whether each fault exists in oneself and in what measure—so that one can deliberately work toward freedom from those defects.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, Bhishma continues advising the listener on ethical cultivation: after identifying various doṣas (faults), one must evaluate their gravity and then turn the inquiry inward through continuous self-assessment.