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Shloka 55

नमां मनुष्या: पश्यन्ति न मां पश्यन्ति देवता: । पापेनापिहित: पाप: पापमेवाभिजायते

na māṁ manuṣyāḥ paśyanti na māṁ paśyanti devatāḥ | pāpenāpihitaḥ pāpaḥ pāpam evābhijāyate ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “เมื่อเราทำบาป มนุษย์ก็ไม่เห็นเรา เทวดาก็ไม่เห็นเรา” ครั้นคิดดังนี้ ผู้มีใจบาปที่ถูกบาปปกคลุมย่อมทำบาปซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า และในที่สุดย่อมไปเกิดในครรภ์อันชั่วช้าเท่านั้น

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
मनुष्याःmen, humans
मनुष्याः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पश्यन्तिsee
पश्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootपश्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
पश्यन्तिsee
पश्यन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootपश्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
देवताःdeities, gods
देवताः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेवता
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
पापेनby sin
पापेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपाप
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
अपिहितःcovered, concealed
अपिहितः:
TypeVerb
Rootअपि-धा (अपिधा)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
पापःsinful (person)
पापः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपाप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाप
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
एवindeed, only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अभिजायतेis born, comes into being
अभिजायते:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-जन्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
H
humans (manuṣyāḥ)
G
gods (devatāḥ)

Educational Q&A

The belief that wrongdoing is unseen (“no humans or gods are watching”) is itself a sinful delusion that fuels repeated sin; such actions generate karmic consequences, including rebirth in degraded or harmful conditions (pāpa-yoni).

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs on dharma and conduct. Here he describes the inner rationalization of a wrongdoer who imagines secrecy, and he states the resulting moral and karmic downward spiral.