Shloka 68
तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
विषमव्यवहाराश्नव विषमाश्रैव वृद्धिषु । लाभेषु विषमाश्चैव ते वै निरयगामिन:
viṣama-vyavahārāś caiva viṣamāś caiva vṛddhiṣu | lābheṣu viṣamāś caiva te vai niraya-gāminaḥ ||
Bhishma bersabda: Mereka yang urusannya tidak saksama dan tidak adil terhadap semua, serta memihak dalam hal pertambahan dan keuntungan—gagal membahagikan manfaat dengan saksama—sesungguhnya ditakdirkan ke neraka. Ajaran ini mengecam perilaku berat sebelah dalam urusan sosial dan ekonomi sebagai pelanggaran dharma yang berat.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Impartiality is a key requirement of dharma: one must deal equally with all and distribute gains and increments fairly; deliberate bias in transactions and allocation is treated as a serious moral fault with grave karmic consequences.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on righteous conduct, warning that those who practice partial and unequal dealings—especially regarding profit and growth—incur sin and fall to hell.