Shloka 13
बलस्य व्यसनानीह यान्युक्तानि मनीषिभि: । मुख्यो भेदो हि तेषां तु पापिष्ठो विदुषां मत:,मनीषी पुरुषोंने सेनाका विनाश करनेवाले जितने संकट बताये हैं, उनमें आपसकी फूट सबसे प्रधान कहा है। विद्वानोंने इस फूटको महान् पाप माना है
balasya vyasanānīha yāny uktāni manīṣibhiḥ | mukhyo bhedo hi teṣāṃ tu pāpiṣṭho viduṣāṃ mataḥ ||
ସେନାର ବିନାଶ କରାଇବା ଯେଉଁ ବିପଦଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ମନୀଷୀମାନେ କହିଛନ୍ତି, ସେମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଆପସର ଫୁଟ ସର୍ବପ୍ରଧାନ। ବିଦ୍ୱାନମାନଙ୍କ ମତରେ ଏହି ଦଳାଦଳି ସର୍ବାଧିକ ପାପ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the most destructive threat to collective strength—especially an army—is internal dissension. Unity is a moral and strategic necessity; causing or tolerating factionalism is judged by the wise as profoundly sinful because it leads to collapse and widespread harm.
Bhishma is giving counsel framed as ethical-political instruction. He identifies the principal cause of an army’s destruction as ‘bheda’ (internal split), emphasizing that learned authorities condemn such division as the worst wrongdoing.