Shloka 7
Kṛṣṇasya Karṇam Prati Sāntvavacana
Kṛṣṇa’s Conciliatory Address to Karṇa
मित्रध्रुग् दुष्टभावश्च नास्तिको5थानृजु: शठ: । न सत्सु लभते पूजां यज्ञे मूर्ख इवागत:
mitradhruk duṣṭabhāvaś ca nāstiko 'thānṛjuḥ śaṭhaḥ | na satsu labhate pūjāṁ yajñe mūrkha ivāgataḥ ||
जो मित्रद्रोही, दुष्टभावाचा, नास्तिक, वाकडा आणि शठ आहे, त्याला सत्पुरुषांत कधीही मान मिळत नाही. जसा यज्ञात आलेला मूर्ख ब्राह्मण प्रतिष्ठा मिळवत नाही, तसाच दुष्ट व अविश्वासी सज्जनांच्या संगतीत खरा सन्मान मिळवत नाही.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Honor in the company of the virtuous is not obtained by status or mere presence; it depends on character. Betraying friends, cultivating malice, rejecting dharma, and practicing crooked deceit make a person unworthy of respect among good people.
In Udyoga Parva, Bhīṣma offers counsel on conduct and the qualities that lead to esteem or disgrace. Here he uses a ritual simile—an unworthy, foolish attendee at a yajña gains no regard—to stress that the wicked and deceitful similarly receive no honor among the righteous.