Shloka 3
Daśa-Karmapatha: Restraints of Body, Speech, and Mind (दश कर्मपथ)
प्राणातिपात: स्तैन्यं च परदारानथापि च । त्रीणि पापानि कायेन सर्वतः परिवर्जयेत्
prāṇātipātaḥ stainyaṃ ca paradārān athāpi ca | trīṇi pāpāni kāyena sarvataḥ parivarjayet ||
Itinuro ni Bhishma na may tatlong kasalanang nagmumula sa katawan na dapat iwasan sa lahat ng paraan: pagkitil ng buhay, pagnanakaw, at paglapastangan sa asawa ng iba. Nagsisimula ang disiplina ng asal sa pagpipigil sa katawan laban sa mga gawang hinahatulan ng lahat.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies three major bodily transgressions—killing, stealing, and sexual violation of another’s spouse—and instructs that they should be completely avoided. It frames dharma as beginning with restraint of physical actions that directly harm others and society.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct. Here he enumerates key prohibitions (bodily sins) as part of a broader ethical teaching on how one should live.