Shloka 60
तीर्थवंशोपदेशः
Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters
गुर्वर्थमभयार्थ वा वर्जयित्वा युधिष्ठिर । येडनृतं कथयन्ति सम ते वै निरयगामिन:
gurvartham abhayārthaṃ vā varjayitvā yudhiṣṭhira | ye 'nṛtaṃ kathayanti samā te vai nirayagāminaḥ ||
毗湿摩说：“尤提士提罗啊，除非为师长之利益，或为解除他人之恐惧而说不实之言；若在其他情形中妄语者，确实是趋向地狱之人。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Truthfulness is the norm in dharma, and falsehood generally leads to grave moral consequence; however, Bhīṣma acknowledges narrow exceptions—speaking untruth to benefit the guru or to protect someone from fear—while condemning other lies as hell-leading.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct. Here he addresses the ethics of speech, distinguishing rare protective or duty-based exceptions from ordinary deceit, and warns of the karmic result of habitual or self-serving lying.