Shloka 8
कपोत-लुब्धकसंवादः — Hunter’s Remorse and Renunciatory Resolve
अद्वैधज्ञ: पथि द्वैधे संशयं प्राप्तुमहति | बुद्धिद्वेधं वेदितव्यं पुरस्तादेव भारत
Bhīṣma uvāca: advaidhajñaḥ pathi dvaidhe saṁśayaṁ prāptum arhati | buddhidvaidhyaṁ veditavyaṁ purastād eva bhārata ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Ang hindi nakauunawa sa simulain ng “di-dalawahan” (adwaita—ang pagtanaw na lampas sa nakikitang pagsalungat) ay madaling mahulog sa pag-aalinlangan kapag narating niya ang landas na may dalawang magkasalungat na pagpipilian. Kaya, O Bharata, dapat nang kilalanin at unawain muna ang sariling pagkadalawa ng isip—ang hilig nitong maghati at mag-alinlangan. (Sapagkat ang iisang gawa ay maaaring magmukhang dharma sa isang kalagayan at adharma sa iba; ang pag-alam nito ang pumipigil sa pagkalito.)
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ethical life often presents ‘dvaidhya’—cases where the same act can be judged dharma in one context and adharma in another. If one has not understood this and trained one’s discernment, one will become trapped in doubt at critical moments. Hence Bhishma urges recognizing the intellect’s tendency to waver and preparing clarity beforehand.
In the Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhisthira on dharma after the war. Here he warns that practical moral life is not always straightforward; when confronted with conflicting duties, an unprepared person becomes uncertain. Bhishma advises Yudhisthira to understand this duality of judgment in advance.