Shloka 35
त्रिवर्गविचारः
Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma
एको<स्य सुमहाप्राज्ञ दोष: स्यात् सुमहान् गुण: । क्षमया विपुला लोका: सुलभा हि सहिष्णुता
eko 'sya sumahāprājña doṣaḥ syāt sumahān guṇaḥ | kṣamayā vipulā lokāḥ sulabhā hi sahiṣṇutā, mahāprājña yudhiṣṭhira ||
毗湿摩说道：“噢，至智的由提湿提罗！他身上看似唯一的一大过失，本身亦能转为一大德行。若能修习宽恕（kṣamā），广大无量的福德之界便易于得至；而由宽恕，忍耐与能忍之力亦自然而生。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Forgiveness (kṣamā) is not weakness but a transformative virtue: even what seems like a major flaw can become a great merit, because forgiveness opens the way to higher moral attainment and naturally generates endurance (sahiṣṇutā).
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma after the war, Bhīṣma counsels Yudhiṣṭhira, praising forgiveness as a kingly and spiritual quality that yields great merit and cultivates patient tolerance.