Shloka 7
Brāhmaṇa-pūjā and Namaskāra: Criteria of Reverence and Non-Offense (ब्राह्मणपूजा-नमस्कारविधिः)
एवंशीलसमाचारान् धर्षयामो हि मानवान् | श्रूयतां च प्रतीघातान् यैर्न शकक्नुम हिंसितुम्
evaṃśīlasamācārān dharṣayāmo hi mānavān | śrūyatāṃ ca pratīghātān yair na śaknuma hiṃsitum ||
毗湿摩说道：“诚然，具此性情与行止之人，我等能够制伏。今且听那反制之法——正因这些抵御之道，我等不能加害于彼等。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma points to the ethical power of character and right conduct: certain people, protected by their virtue and disciplined behavior, become difficult to harm. He introduces the idea that there are specific 'counter-measures' (pratīghāta) that prevent violence from succeeding against them.
Bhishma, in an instructive mode, contrasts those whom force can subdue with those whose moral stature creates resistance to harm. He transitions into explaining the means by which such resistance operates—setting up the next part of his discourse.