Shloka 43
Adhyāya 166: Kṛtaghna-doṣa (कृतघ्नदोषः) — the fault of ingratitude and the limits of expiation
यस्तु दूषयिता तस्या: शेषं प्राप्रोति पाप्मन: । ब्राह्मणानवगह्ठोह स्पृष्टवा गुरुतरं भवेत्,और जो उसे कलंकित करनेवाला पुरुष है, वह शेष एक चौथाई पापका भागी होता है। इस जगतमें ब्राह्मणोंको गाली देकर या उन्हें तिरस्कारपूर्वक धक्के देकर हटानेसे मनुष्यको बड़ा भारी पाप लगता है
yastu dūṣayitā tasyāḥ śeṣaṃ prāpnoti pāpmanaḥ | brāhmaṇān avagahṭhoḥ spṛṣṭvā gurutaraṃ bhavet ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Ngunit ang lalaking dumungis at nanira sa kanyang dangal ang tatanggap ng natitirang bahagi ng kasalanan. At higit pa rito, sa mundong ito, ang paglapastangan sa mga brāhmaṇa o ang pagtulak sa kanila nang may paghamak ay isang napakabigat na pagkakasala.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Slander and contemptuous treatment of the virtuous—especially brāhmaṇas—carry heavy moral consequences; the defamer becomes liable for a significant share of the sin generated by such wrongdoing.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma in the Śānti Parva, he explains how sin is apportioned in acts involving dishonor and emphasizes that abusing or physically humiliating brāhmaṇas is a particularly grave transgression.