Shloka 68
उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel
(वर्जयेदुपदेशं च सदैव ब्राह्मणो नूप । उपदेशं हि कुर्वाणो द्विज: कृच्छुमवाप्तुयात् । नरेश्वर! ब्राह्मणको चाहिये कि वह कभी शूद्रको उपदेश न दे; क्योंकि उपदेश करनेवाला ब्राह्मण स्वयं ही संकटमें पड़ जाता है ।।
bhīṣma uvāca | varjayed upadeśaṃ ca sadaiva brāhmaṇo nṛpa | upadeśaṃ hi kurvāṇo dvijaḥ kṛcchram avāpnuyāt || nareśvara! brāhmaṇako cāhiye ki vaha kabhī śūdrako upadeśa na de; kyoṅki upadeśa karanevālā brāhmaṇa svayaṃ hī saṅkaṭameṃ paṛa jātā hai || neṣitavyaṃ sadā vācā dvijena nṛpasattama | na ca pravaktavyam iha kiṃcid varṇāvare jane || nṛpaśreṣṭha! brāhmaṇako apanī vāṇīdvarā kabhī upadeśa denekī icchā hī nahīṃ karanī cāhiye | yadi kare bhī to nīca varṇake puruṣako to kadāpi kuch upadeśa na de || brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyās trayo varṇā dvijātayaḥ | eteṣu kathayan rājan brāhmaṇo na praduṣpati ||
毗湿摩说道：“噢大王，婆罗门应恒常戒避施教；因为凡‘二次生’者若执意教导，或将陷于艰难。噢人中之主，婆罗门不应教诲首陀罗；因作此教诲的婆罗门，反使自身堕入危厄。噢诸王之最，二次生者甚至不应起意以言辞引导他人；在此世间，也不应向低等种姓之人教授任何事。噢至上的统治者，婆罗门、刹帝利与吠舍——此三种姓称为二次生；婆罗门在他们之中施教，并不招致过失。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma frames a rule of restraint in speech and instruction: a Brahmin should avoid giving doctrinal instruction—especially to those deemed of lower varna—and is said to incur danger or hardship by doing so; teaching within the three ‘twice-born’ varnas is presented as faultless.
In the Anushasana Parva’s dharma-discourse, Bhishma continues advising the king (Yudhishthira) on social and ethical regulations, here focusing on who should be instructed and the perceived risks and impropriety of crossing prescribed varna boundaries in teaching.