Shloka 24
Adhyāya 174: Karma as an inescapable companion (कर्मानुगमन-उपदेश)
मित्रकी सहायतासे भोगोंकी भी उपलब्धि होती है और मित्रद्वारा मनुष्य आपत्तियोंसे छुटकारा पा जाता है, अतः बुद्धिमान् पुरुष उत्तम सत्कारोंद्वारा मित्रका पूजन करे ।।
mitrakī sahāyatāse bhogāṁkī caiva labhyate | mitreṇa ca manuṣyo 'pattibhyaḥ parimucyate || ataḥ paṇḍito nityaṁ satkāraiḥ pūjayen mitram || parityājyo budhaiḥ pāpaḥ kṛtaghno nirapatrapaḥ | mitradrohī kulāṅgāraḥ pāpakarmā narādhamaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: Sa tulong ng kaibigan, nakakamit ang mga ginhawa at ikabubuhay; at sa pamamagitan ng kaibigan, ang tao’y nakaliligtas din sa mga kapahamakan. Kaya ang marunong ay dapat magbigay-galang at mag-ingat sa kaibigan sa pamamagitan ng pinakamainam na pag-aasikaso at marangal na pagtanggap. Ngunit dapat laging talikuran ng marurunong ang masamang tao—ang makasalanan, walang utang-na-loob, walang hiya, taksil sa kaibigan, kahihiyang sumusunog sa sariling angkan, at masama ang asal—ang gayong pinakamababang tao ay dapat itakwil.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Honor and cultivate true friends through respectful conduct, because friendship brings both prosperity and protection in adversity; but decisively renounce those marked by ingrained vice—ingratitude, shamelessness, betrayal, and habitual wrongdoing.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising on righteous living and social ethics, explaining the practical value of friendship and giving criteria for whom a wise person should avoid.