Shloka 24
Adhyāya 174: Karma as an inescapable companion (कर्मानुगमन-उपदेश)
मित्रकी सहायतासे भोगोंकी भी उपलब्धि होती है और मित्रद्वारा मनुष्य आपत्तियोंसे छुटकारा पा जाता है, अतः बुद्धिमान् पुरुष उत्तम सत्कारोंद्वारा मित्रका पूजन करे ।।
mitrakī sahāyatāse bhogāṁkī caiva labhyate | mitreṇa ca manuṣyo 'pattibhyaḥ parimucyate || ataḥ paṇḍito nityaṁ satkāraiḥ pūjayen mitram || parityājyo budhaiḥ pāpaḥ kṛtaghno nirapatrapaḥ | mitradrohī kulāṅgāraḥ pāpakarmā narādhamaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：凭朋友的扶持，人得以获得享用与生计之资；也因朋友而能脱离灾厄。因此，智者当以最上等的礼遇与恭敬来尊崇、珍护其友。然而智者亦当常弃恶人——有罪者、忘恩者、无耻者、背友者、使自家族脉蒙羞如被焚灼者，以及行止邪恶者；如此卑劣之人，当断然舍弃。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Honor and cultivate true friends through respectful conduct, because friendship brings both prosperity and protection in adversity; but decisively renounce those marked by ingrained vice—ingratitude, shamelessness, betrayal, and habitual wrongdoing.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising on righteous living and social ethics, explaining the practical value of friendship and giving criteria for whom a wise person should avoid.