Shloka 33
मातापितृगुरुपूजा-प्रशंसा
Praise of Venerating Mother, Father, and Teacher
मित्रद्रोही, कृतघ्न, स्त्रीहत्यारे और गुरुघाती--इन चारोंके पापका प्रायश्चित्त हमारे सुननेमें नहीं आया है ।।
Bhīṣma uvāca: mitradrohī kṛtaghnaḥ strīhantā guruhā ca—eteṣāṃ caturṇāṃ pāpānāṃ prāyaścittaṃ na śrutaṃ naḥ. etat sarvam anirdeśenaivam uktaṃ yat kartavyaṃ puruṣeṇeha loke; etac chreyo nānyad asmād viśiṣṭaṃ; sarvān dharmān anusṛtyaitad uktaṃ.
毗湿摩说道：对于四种极重之罪——背叛朋友、忘恩负义、杀害妇女、弑师——我们未曾听闻有任何赎罪之法。人在此世应当行持的一切，已如是以提要之辞略说，而不作繁琐铺陈。此乃真正福祉之道；再无高于此的义务。循行诸般法（dharma）之全体，其精髓已在此宣示。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma identifies four transgressions—betraying a friend, ingratitude, killing a woman, and killing one’s teacher—as so severe that no expiation is traditionally known for them, and he frames his preceding instruction as a distilled essence of dharma: the highest welfare lies in adhering to this summarized moral path.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhishthira, Bhishma continues his ethical discourse, emphasizing the gravity of certain crimes and concluding that the duties he has outlined are the essential, most beneficial guidance drawn from the broader body of dharma.