Shloka 10
Adhyāya 272: Vṛtrasya Dharmiṣṭhatā, Indrasya Mohaḥ, Vasiṣṭha-upadeśaḥ
Vṛtra’s dharmic stature; Indra’s disorientation; Vasiṣṭha’s counsel
पापं चिन्तयते चैव प्रत्रवीति करोति च । उसका राग और मोहजनित तीन प्रकारका अधर्म बढ़ता है। वह मनसे पापकी ही बात सोचता है, वाणीसे पाप ही बोलता है और क्रियाद्वारा पाप ही करता है ।।
pāpaṃ cintayate caiva prabravīti karoti ca | tasya adharmapravṛttasya doṣān paśyanti sādhavaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“他思惟罪恶，说出罪恶，并以行为行罪。如此趋向不法之人，其过失为贤善者洞然明见；而与他同具罪性者却与之结交。此人连今世都得不到安乐——来世又怎能得到呢？”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wrongdoing grows when it occupies all three channels—mind (thought), speech (words), and body (deeds). The virtuous can detect such moral decline, while like-minded sinners form companionship; and a life rooted in adharma cannot yield happiness here or hereafter.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous living, Bhīṣma advises Yudhiṣṭhira by describing the behavioral pattern of an unrighteous person and the social and karmic consequences that follow—loss of true esteem, association with the corrupt, and absence of well-being.