Shloka 17
Śuka’s Nirveda: Vyāsa’s Admonition on Dharma, Impermanence, and ‘Imperishable Wealth’ (अक्षय-धन)
लीलयाल्पं यथा गात्रात् प्रमृज्यात् तु रज: पुमान् | बहुयत्नेन च महत् पापनिर्हरणं तथा
līlayā alpaṁ yathā gātrāt pramṛjyāt tu rajaḥ pumān | bahu-yatnena ca mahat pāpa-nirharaṇaṁ tathā ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ເຫມືອນຊາຍຄົນໜຶ່ງສາມາດເຊັດຝຸ່ນນ້ອຍໆອອກຈາກຮ່າງກາຍໄດ້ໂດຍງ່າຍ ແຕ່ຖ້າຄວາມເປື້ອນຫນາໜັກກໍຕ້ອງອອກແຮງຫຼາຍຈຶ່ງຈະລ້າງອອກໄດ້; ສັນນັ້ນແຫຼະ ບາບນ້ອຍຖືກກຳຈັດໄດ້ດ້ວຍຄວາມພະຍາຍາມນ້ອຍ ແຕ່ບາບໃຫຍ່ຈະຖືກກຳຈັດໄດ້ກໍ່ດ້ວຍການຊົດໃຊ້/ຊຳລະບາບອັນໃຫຍ່»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral purification should be proportionate: minor wrongdoing can be corrected with modest effort, but grave wrongdoing requires sustained, serious expiation and reform—like light dust versus deep grime on the body.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira through a practical simile, explaining how sins are removed according to their magnitude and the corresponding intensity of prāyaścitta.