Shloka 29
Vipula’s Yogic Protection of the Guru’s Household (विपुलस्य योगरक्षा / Vipulasya Yogarakṣā)
अन्तक: पवनो मृत्यु: पातालं वडवामुखम् | क्षुरधारा विषं सर्पों वल्विरित्येकतः स्त्रिय:
antakaḥ pavano mṛtyuḥ pātālaṃ vaḍavāmukham | kṣuradhārā viṣaṃ sarpo valvir ity ekataḥ striyaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Si Antaka (Yama), ang hangin, ang kamatayan, ang Pātāla, ang apoy na Vadavāmukha sa ilalim ng dagat, ang talim ng labaha, ang lason, ang ahas, at ang naglalagablab na apoy—ang lahat ng ito’y nasa isang panig bilang mga sanhi ng kapahamakan; at sa kabilang panig, ang mga babae lamang ay itinuturing na kapantay nila.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses deliberate exaggeration to warn that uncontrolled attraction and careless conduct can be as ruinous as the most lethal forces; it presses the ethical lesson of vigilance, restraint, and discernment in relationships.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma is delivering moral counsel; here he lists archetypal agents of destruction and then compares them to the danger he associates with women, as part of a broader admonitory discourse on conduct and self-mastery.