Shloka 4
उपवासविधि-प्रश्नः
Inquiry into the Discipline of Fasting
अन्ध: स्यादन्धवेलायां जड: स्यादपि वा बुध: । परिहारेण तद् ब्रूयाद् यस्तेषां स्याद् व्यतिक्रम:
andhaḥ syād andha-velāyāṃ jaḍaḥ syād api vā budhaḥ | parihāreṇa tad brūyād yas teṣāṃ syād vyatikramaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“在适当之时，长兄当如同失明，如同迟钝，亦如同智者。幼弟若有过失，他应见而若不见，知而若不知，并以和缓调护之言相告，使其不再生起再犯之心。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
An elder should preserve harmony by strategic forbearance: sometimes ‘not seeing’ a minor fault, sometimes acting unaware, and sometimes using wise, conciliatory speech—so that the younger person’s tendency to repeat the offence is corrected without humiliation or escalation.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira on dharma and right conduct. Here he gives practical counsel on household and kinship ethics—how an elder brother should respond when younger brothers err.