Shloka 29
Vipula’s Yogic Protection of the Guru’s Household (विपुलस्य योगरक्षा / Vipulasya Yogarakṣā)
अन्तक: पवनो मृत्यु: पातालं वडवामुखम् | क्षुरधारा विषं सर्पों वल्विरित्येकतः स्त्रिय:
antakaḥ pavano mṛtyuḥ pātālaṃ vaḍavāmukham | kṣuradhārā viṣaṃ sarpo valvir ity ekataḥ striyaḥ ||
ភីษ្មបានមានព្រះវាចា៖ អន្តកៈ (យមរាជ), ខ្យល់, មរណៈ, បាតាល, ភ្លើងបាឌវាមុខ (ភ្លើងមុខសេះនៅក្រោមសមុទ្រ), មុខកាំបិតដូចមាត់កាំបិត, ពិស, ពស់ និងភ្លើងឆេះ—ទាំងនេះសុទ្ធតែជាមូលហេតុនៃវិនាសនៅខាងមួយ; ខាងមួយទៀត ស្ត្រីតែម្នាក់ឯង ក៏ស្មើនឹងទាំងនោះ។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses deliberate exaggeration to warn that uncontrolled attraction and careless conduct can be as ruinous as the most lethal forces; it presses the ethical lesson of vigilance, restraint, and discernment in relationships.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma is delivering moral counsel; here he lists archetypal agents of destruction and then compares them to the danger he associates with women, as part of a broader admonitory discourse on conduct and self-mastery.