Shloka 22
अहिंसयित्वा ब्रह्महत्याविधानम् / Brahmahatyā incurred without physical violence
मेदानां पुल्कसानां च तथैवान्तेवसायिनाम् । कृतं कर्माकृतं वापि रागमोहेन जल्पताम्
medānāṁ pulkasānāṁ ca tathaivāntevāsayinām | kṛtaṁ karmākṛtaṁ vāpi rāgamohena jalpatām ||
毗湿摩说道：“凡为贪欲与迷妄所胜，在众人之前夸耀功德之行——不论确曾行之或根本未行——皆当视为不胜于梅达、普林达/普尔卡萨与安底耶迦（被视为贱民、外族之群）者。其伦理旨趣在于：自我张扬与虚妄标榜德行，会使人自贬其位，不论出身与尊卑。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Merit is diminished by vanity: proclaiming one’s good deeds (or falsely claiming them) out of attachment and delusion is ethically degrading. True dharma values sincerity, restraint in speech, and inner integrity over public self-advertisement.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues instructing Yudhishthira on dharma and proper conduct. Here he censures those who, despite belonging to higher social ranks, become driven by rāga and moha and boast before people about virtuous acts done or not done, equating such conduct with socially condemned statuses to stress moral, not merely birth-based, evaluation.