Shloka 27
Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech
दिवसे दिवसे नाम रात्रौ रात्रौ पुमान् सदा | भोक्तव्यमिति यः खिन्नो दोषबुद्धि: स उच्यते,“जो पुरुष सदा प्रत्येक दिन और प्रत्येक रात्रिमें भोग भोगने या भोजन करनेकी ही चिन्तामें पड़कर दुःखी रहता है, वह दोषबुद्धिसे युक्त कहलाता है”
divase divase nāma rātrau rātrau pumān sadā | bhoktavyam iti yaḥ khinno doṣabuddhiḥ sa ucyate |
ภีษมะกล่าวว่า—บุรุษผู้วันแล้ววันเล่า คืนแล้วคืนเล่า ยังคงทุกข์ร้อนอยู่เสมอด้วยความคิดว่า “เราต้องเสพ (หรือ ต้องกิน)” ผู้นั้นเรียกว่าเป็นผู้มีปัญญาเจือด้วยโทษ คือจิตถูกผูกไว้ด้วยความอยากและความกังวล
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A mind that is perpetually anxious about securing enjoyment or food—treating consumption as an obsessional necessity—reflects doṣa-buddhi, a defective or fault-colored discernment. The ethical point is to restrain craving and cultivate steadiness, so life is guided by dharma rather than compulsive appetite.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on right conduct and inner discipline. Here he characterizes a particular mental state—constant distress over enjoyment/food—as a mark of flawed understanding, contrasting it implicitly with the calm, discerning attitude praised in dharma-teachings.