Shloka 24
Vimokṣa-niścaya: Pañcaśikha’s Analysis of Aggregates, Guṇas, and Tyāga (मोक्षनिर्णयः)
दोषाणामेवमादीनां परीक्ष्य गुरुलाघवम् । विमृशेदात्मसंस्थानमेकैकमनुसंततम्
doṣāṇām evam-ādīnāṁ parīkṣya guru-lāghavam | vimṛśed ātma-saṁsthānam ekaikam anusantatam ||
Bhishma berkata: “Setelah meneliti berat dan ringannya—yakni keseriusan dan ketidakpentingan relatif—segala kecacatan ini dan yang seumpamanya, seseorang hendaklah merenung tanpa putus tentang keadaan batinnya sendiri, menilai setiap kecacatan satu demi satu: adakah ia wujud dalam diri, dan jika wujud, sejauh mana. Dengan pemeriksaan diri yang berterusan demikian, hendaklah ia berusaha membebaskan diri daripada semua cela itu.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
To assess moral faults by their relative seriousness and then engage in sustained, item-by-item self-scrutiny—checking whether each fault exists in oneself and in what measure—so that one can deliberately work toward freedom from those defects.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, Bhishma continues advising the listener on ethical cultivation: after identifying various doṣas (faults), one must evaluate their gravity and then turn the inquiry inward through continuous self-assessment.