Shloka 27
Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech
दिवसे दिवसे नाम रात्रौ रात्रौ पुमान् सदा | भोक्तव्यमिति यः खिन्नो दोषबुद्धि: स उच्यते,“जो पुरुष सदा प्रत्येक दिन और प्रत्येक रात्रिमें भोग भोगने या भोजन करनेकी ही चिन्तामें पड़कर दुःखी रहता है, वह दोषबुद्धिसे युक्त कहलाता है”
divase divase nāma rātrau rātrau pumān sadā | bhoktavyam iti yaḥ khinno doṣabuddhiḥ sa ucyate |
ビーシュマは言った。「日ごと日ごと、夜ごと夜ごと、『享楽せねば（あるいは食さねば）』という思いに囚われて苦しみ続ける者は、過失に染まった理解をもつ者と呼ばれる。その心は渇愛と不安に縛られ、正しい分別に安住しない。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A mind that is perpetually anxious about securing enjoyment or food—treating consumption as an obsessional necessity—reflects doṣa-buddhi, a defective or fault-colored discernment. The ethical point is to restrain craving and cultivate steadiness, so life is guided by dharma rather than compulsive appetite.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on right conduct and inner discipline. Here he characterizes a particular mental state—constant distress over enjoyment/food—as a mark of flawed understanding, contrasting it implicitly with the calm, discerning attitude praised in dharma-teachings.