Shloka 68
तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
विषमव्यवहाराश्नव विषमाश्रैव वृद्धिषु । लाभेषु विषमाश्चैव ते वै निरयगामिन:
viṣama-vyavahārāś caiva viṣamāś caiva vṛddhiṣu | lābheṣu viṣamāś caiva te vai niraya-gāminaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Yaong ang pakikitungo ay hindi pantay sa lahat, at nagpapakita ng pagkiling sa pagdami at pakinabang—na hindi namamahagi ng biyaya nang may katarungan—tiyak na patutungo sa impiyerno. Ipinapahayag ng aral na ito na ang pagkiling sa ugnayang panlipunan at pangkabuhayan ay mabigat na paglabag sa dharma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Impartiality is a key requirement of dharma: one must deal equally with all and distribute gains and increments fairly; deliberate bias in transactions and allocation is treated as a serious moral fault with grave karmic consequences.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira on righteous conduct, warning that those who practice partial and unequal dealings—especially regarding profit and growth—incur sin and fall to hell.