Shloka 24
Vimokṣa-niścaya: Pañcaśikha’s Analysis of Aggregates, Guṇas, and Tyāga (मोक्षनिर्णयः)
दोषाणामेवमादीनां परीक्ष्य गुरुलाघवम् । विमृशेदात्मसंस्थानमेकैकमनुसंततम्
doṣāṇām evam-ādīnāṁ parīkṣya guru-lāghavam | vimṛśed ātma-saṁsthānam ekaikam anusantatam ||
毗湿摩说道：“既已如此考察这些过失及其同类的轻重——即其严重与相对不甚重要之处——便应不断反观自身的内在情状，逐一省察每一种过失：自己是否具之；若具之，其程度几何。由此以持久的自我审察，当努力摆脱一切此类缺失。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
To assess moral faults by their relative seriousness and then engage in sustained, item-by-item self-scrutiny—checking whether each fault exists in oneself and in what measure—so that one can deliberately work toward freedom from those defects.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, Bhishma continues advising the listener on ethical cultivation: after identifying various doṣas (faults), one must evaluate their gravity and then turn the inquiry inward through continuous self-assessment.