Shloka 5
मोक्षधर्मः — स्नेहपाशच्छेदः
Mokṣa-dharma: Cutting the Bonds of Attachment
न हिंस्यात् सर्वभूतानि मैत्रायणगतकश्चरेत् । नेदं जीवितमासाद्य वैरं कुर्वीत केनचित्
na hiṁsyāt sarvabhūtāni maitrāyaṇagatakś caret | nedaṁ jīvitam āsādya vairaṁ kurvīta kenacit ||
Itinuro ni Bhīṣma na hindi dapat manakit ng alinmang nilalang na may buhay, kundi mamuhay sa daigdig na may matatag na pagkakaibigang-loob sa lahat. Yamang natamo ang panandaliang buhay na ito, huwag lumikha ng kaaway kaninuman—sapagkat ang poot at alitan ay lalo lamang nagpapalalim ng pagdurusa at humahadlang sa landas ng dharma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Practice ahiṁsā (non-harm) toward all beings, live with maitrī (friendliness), and avoid creating vaira (enmity), recognizing the impermanence of human life and the ethical cost of hostility.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war; here he gives a concise moral directive emphasizing nonviolence, universal friendliness, and the renunciation of personal enmity.