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 ||
Bhishma berkata: “Sesiapa yang mengkhianati sahabat, menyimpan tabiat jahat, menafikan yang suci (tidak beriman), serta bersifat bengkok dan penuh tipu daya—orang demikian tidak akan memperoleh penghormatan dalam kalangan orang berbudi. Seperti seorang brahmana bodoh yang datang ke upacara yajna tidak mendapat kemuliaan, demikianlah si dengki dan tidak beriman tidak akan meraih hormat yang sejati di sisi orang baik.”
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.