Shloka 5
Nīti-upadeśa to a Rājaputra: Self-restraint, Alliances, and Rival-Management (नीतिउपदेशः)
मुनिर्वाच हित्वा दम्भं च काम॑ च क्रोध॑ हर्ष भयं तथा
munir uvāca hitvā dambhaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca krodhaṃ harṣa-bhayaṃ tathā
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भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse initiates a moral instruction: one should give up inner faults—hypocrisy, desire, anger, emotional exhilaration, and fear—so that conduct becomes steady, truthful, and aligned with dharma.
Within Bhishma’s discourse in the Śānti Parva, a sage’s statement is being quoted/introduced. The sage begins listing the mental dispositions to be renounced as part of a broader teaching on righteous living and inner peace.