Shloka 11
Kośa-saṃjanana and Subtle Dharma
Treasury Formation and Fine-Grained Ethics
भारत! डाकुओंको लूट-पाट या हिंसा आदि भयानक कर्मोके लिये अनायास ही सेना सुलभ हो जाती है। सर्वथा मर्यादाशून्य मनुष्यसे सब लोग उद्विग्न हो उठते हैं। केवल निर्दयतापूर्ण कर्म करनेवाले पुरुषकी ओरसे डाकू भी शंकित रहते हैं
bhārata! ḍākūnām luṭ-pāṭaṃ vā hiṃsāṃ vādyāni bhayānakāni karmāṇi kartuṃ senā anāyāsenaiva sulabhā bhavati | sarvathā maryādāśūnyāt puruṣāt sarve lokā udvignā bhavanti | kevalaṃ nṛśaṃsa-karmakāriṇaḥ puruṣasya diśaṃ prati ḍākavo 'pi śaṅkāṃ kurvanti |
婆罗多啊，对盗贼而言，为掠夺与暴行等可怖之业，轻易便能聚得一伙随从。凡全无自制、毫无法度之人，众皆为之惊惧。甚至盗贼自身，也会对那只知残酷无情而行事之人心生疑惧。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unrestrained cruelty destabilizes society: violent enterprises easily gather followers, yet a person devoid of moral boundaries becomes a source of fear to all—so much so that even criminals distrust and dread the utterly ruthless.
Bhīṣma, instructing Yudhiṣṭhira in the Śānti Parva on conduct and governance, describes how lawless violence attracts a ready band, and warns that a boundaryless, pitiless man provokes universal anxiety and suspicion.