Shloka 2
Daśa-Karmapatha: Restraints of Body, Speech, and Mind (दश कर्मपथ)
भीष्म उवाच कायेन त्रिविधं कर्म वाचा चापि चतुर्विधम् | मनसा त्रिविधं चैव दशकर्मपथांस्त्यजेत्
bhīṣma uvāca | kāyena trividhaṃ karma vācā cāpi caturvidham | manasā trividhaṃ caiva daśa-karmapathāṃs tyajet ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “O Hari, talikdan ang sampung landas ng gawa: tatlong uri ng gawa ng katawan, apat na uri sa pamamagitan ng pananalita, at tatlong uri na sumisibol sa isip. Sa gayong pagpipigil, naiaayon ng tao ang asal sa dharma sa pagtalikod sa mga mapaminsalang daang ito.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches ethical restraint through the doctrine of the ten karmapathas: one should abandon harmful actions at three levels—body (3), speech (4), and mind (3)—so that conduct becomes aligned with dharma.
In the Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs the king on dharma and proper conduct. Here he begins a concise ethical framework, urging the renunciation of ten wrongful courses of action spanning bodily, verbal, and mental behavior.