Shloka 7
Vimokṣa-niścaya: Pañcaśikha’s Analysis of Aggregates, Guṇas, and Tyāga (मोक्षनिर्णयः)
यश्चाधर्म चरेललोभात् कामक्रोधावनुप्लवन् । धर्म्य पन्थानमाक्रम्य सानुबन्धो विनश्यति
yaścādharmaṃ carel lobhāt kāmakrodhāv anuplavan | dharmyaṃ panthānam ākramya sānubandho vinaśyati ||
Бхишма сказал: Тот, кто, движимый алчностью, творит адхарму — увлекаемый желанием и гневом, — даже ступив на путь, кажущийся дхармическим, погибает вместе со всем, что с ним связано (узами, последствиями и теми, кто от него зависит).
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches that greed-driven unrighteous conduct, fueled by desire and anger, destroys a person; even adopting a seemingly righteous course cannot save one if the inner motives and impulses remain corrupt—ruin follows along with all connected consequences and relationships.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he warns about the inner drivers of adharma—lobha, kāma, and krodha—and emphasizes that ethical life depends not only on outwardly taking a ‘righteous path’ but on mastering these impulses.