Shloka 8
Kṛṣṇasya Karṇam Prati Sāntvavacana
Kṛṣṇa’s Conciliatory Address to Karṇa
वार्यमाणो$पि पापेभ्य: पापात्मा पापमिच्छति । चोद्यमानो5पि पापेन शुभात्मा शुभमिच्छति
vāryamāṇo 'pi pāpebhyaḥ pāpātmā pāpam icchati | codyamāno 'pi pāpena śubhātmā śubham icchati ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “Kahit pigilan sa kasalanan, ang may pusong makasalanan ay nananabik pa ring magkasala. At kahit udyukan sa kasalanan ng isang makasalanan, ang taong may mabuting likas ay patuloy na magnanais lamang ng mabuti.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person’s inner disposition governs moral choice: the wicked tend toward wrongdoing even when checked, while the virtuous tend toward good even when tempted or pressured toward sin.
Bhīṣma is instructing on dharma and human nature during the Udyoga Parva context, emphasizing that external restraint or provocation is secondary to one’s ingrained character (pāpātmā vs. śubhātmā).