Shloka 44
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
जननीषु च वर्तन्ते ये न सम्यग् युधिष्ठिर । सदेवकेषु लोकेषु ये न वर्तन्ति मानवा:
jananīṣu ca vartante ye na samyag yudhiṣṭhira | sadevakeṣu lokeṣu ye na vartanti mānavāḥ |
ビーシュマは言った。「ユディシュティラよ、母に対して正しく振る舞わず、また神々を含む諸世界においても正しく生きぬ人間は、破滅へと堕ちる。同じ識別の智慧によって、悪人の惨めな行き先を知るように、罪ある者の下落をも悟り、畜生の胎に堕ちた衆生が辿る多様な道筋を見極めよ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Proper conduct toward one’s mother (and, by extension, toward the divine order and the wider world) is a foundational dharmic duty. Neglect of such reverence and right behavior leads to degradation and painful destinies, including lower rebirths; understanding karma’s consequences should guide ethical living.
In the Shanti Parva, Bhishma continues instructing Yudhishthira on dharma after the war. Here he warns that those who fail in right conduct—especially toward mothers and within the god-ordered world—incur ruin, and he urges Yudhishthira to grasp the logic of karmic outcomes across human and animal realms.