Shloka 25
Adhyāya 290: Sāṃkhya-vidhi, Deha-doṣa, Guṇa-vicāra, and Mokṣa-gati
Bhīṣma–Yudhiṣṭhira Dialogue
मनुष्य दूसरेके जिस कर्मकी निन्दा करे, उसको स्वयं भी न करे। जो दूसरेकी निन्दा करता है; किंतु स्वयं उसी निन्द्य कर्ममें लगा रहता है, वह उपहासका पात्र होता है ।।
manuṣyaḥ parasya yasya karmāṇo nindāṃ kuryāt, tat svayaṃ na kuryāt | yaḥ parasya nindāṃ karoti, kintu svayam eva tasmin nindye karmaṇi pravartate, sa upahāsasya pātraṃ bhavati || bhīru rājanyaḥ, brāhmaṇaḥ sarvabhakṣyaḥ, vaiśyo ’nīhāvān, hīnavarṇaḥ ālasaś ca śūdraḥ | vidvān akuśīlo vṛttahīnaḥ, kulīnaḥ satyād viśraṣṭo dhārmikaḥ, strī ca duṣṭā | viṣayāsakta-yogī, kevalaṃ svārthaṃ pacati yaḥ, mūḍha-vaktā, rājārahitaṃ rāṣṭram, ajitendriyo rājā ca prajāsu asnehaḥ—ete sarve śocanīyāḥ (nindanīyāḥ) ||
帕罗娑罗说道：“人不应亲自去做自己用以责难他人的那种行为。责人而自身仍沉溺于同样可责之行者，终将成为笑柄。 大王啊，以下诸类可悲可叹，亦当受讥评：怯懦的刹帝利；不辨可食与不可食、无所不食的婆罗门；不勤于营生与本分（或懒惰怠惰）的吠舍；懒惰的首陀罗；学识虽高而德行匮乏之人；出身高贵却不守正行之人；自称行义而背离真实之人；行止败坏的女子；贪著诸境的瑜伽行者；只为自己烹饪之人；愚昧多言者；无王之国；以及不能制伏诸根、对臣民无爱护之王。”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns hypocrisy: one should not denounce an action in others while practicing the same oneself. It also presents a moral catalogue of socially and ethically ‘deplorable’ types—especially emphasizing self-control, truthful conduct, and responsibility in one’s role (including the king’s duty of care for subjects).
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, the sage Parāśara addresses a king and delivers ethical instruction. He first states a general rule against hypocritical blame, then enumerates examples of persons and conditions considered censurable—culminating in political warnings about a king without self-mastery and a realm without proper rulership.