Shloka 9
Vipula’s Yogic Protection of the Guru’s Household (विपुलस्य योगरक्षा / Vipulasya Yogarakṣā)
तामुवाच स देवर्षि: सत्यं वद सुमध्यमे । मृषावादे भवेद् दोष: सत्ये दोषो न विद्यते,तब देवर्षिने उससे कहा--'सुमध्यमे! तुम सच्ची बात बताओ। झूठ बोलनेमें दोष लगता है। सच कहनेमें कोई दोष नहीं है”
tām uvāca sa devarṣiḥ satyaṃ vada sumadhyame | mṛṣāvāde bhaved doṣaḥ satye doṣo na vidyate ||
അപ്പോൾ ദേവർഷി അവളോട് പറഞ്ഞു—“സുമധ്യമേ! സത്യം പറയുക. അസത്യവചനത്തിൽ ദോഷം ഉണ്ടാകുന്നു; സത്യവചനത്തിൽ ദോഷമില്ല.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Truthful speech is presented as dharmic and blameless, while lying (mṛṣāvāda) inherently produces doṣa (moral fault). The verse urges choosing truth as the ethically safe course.
Within Bhishma’s discourse, a divine seer addresses a woman respectfully as “sumadhyame” and instructs her to state the truth, warning that falsehood incurs fault whereas truth does not.