Shloka 7
Śrī-nivāsa: Traits and Conditions for the Abode of Prosperity (श्री-निवासः)
नाकर्मशीले पुरुषे वसामि न नास्तिके साड्करिके कृतघ्ने । न भिन्नवृत्ते न नृशंसवर्णे न चापि चौरे न गुरुष्वसूये
bhīṣma uvāca | nākarmaśīle puruṣe vasāmi na nāstike sāṅkarike kṛtaghne | na bhinnavṛtte na nṛśaṃsavārṇe na cāpi caure na guruṣv asūye ||
“我不住于不勤于正业之人，也不住于不信之徒；不住于扰乱社会秩序、使纲常混杂者；不住于忘恩负义者。我不住于行止败坏、无有纪律者；不住于性情残忍者；不住于盗贼；亦不住于习惯挑剔长者与师长过失之人。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma (and the inner presence of virtue) does not abide in a person marked by idleness toward duty, denial of moral order, ingratitude, cruel or thieving behavior, unstable conduct, or habitual fault-finding toward elders and teachers. Ethical life is framed as a set of inner dispositions that either invite or repel dharma.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues his ethical counsel, listing the types of persons in whom ‘I do not dwell’—a rhetorical way of stating that righteousness/virtue abandons those who embody these vices.