Shloka 14
कालनिर्देशः शोकनिवारणं च
Instruction on Kāla and the Removal of Grief
भारत! अपने धर्मको त्याग देना और दूसरेके धर्मका आचरण करना
bhārata! svadharma-tyāgaḥ paradharma-anuṣṭhānam, ayajñasya yajña-kāraṇam, abhakṣya-bhakṣaṇam, śaraṇāgata-tyāgaḥ, bharaṇīyānāṁ abharaṇam, rasānāṁ vikrayaḥ, paśu-pakṣi-vadhaḥ, śakti-sati api agnyādhānādi-karma-akaraṇam, nitya-deya-gogrāsādi-adānam, brāhmaṇebhyo dakṣiṇā-adānam, teṣāṁ sarvasva-haraṇam—dharmatattva-vidaḥ etāni sarvāṇi akaraṇīyāni āhuḥ ||
pitrā vivadate putro yaś ca syād gurutalpagaḥ |
aprajāyan nara-vyāghra bhavaty adhārmiko naraḥ ||
毗耶娑说：“噢，婆罗多啊，舍己之正法而行他法；令无资格者行祭；食用禁物；弃绝来投之人；不养应养之人；贩卖酒等醉人之‘汁’及其类；杀害兽鸟；虽有能力却不行如安立圣火（阿耆尼阿陀那）等仪式；扣留日常供献如‘牛之份’；不给婆罗门达克希那（祭礼酬金），甚至夺其全部生计——明达摩之理者皆言：此皆不可为。 又，噢大王：与父争讼者，犯师床者（污师之榻），以及——时节已至却不亲近妻以求子嗣者——此人便成不义之人，堕于非达摩。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse lists concrete actions that violate dharma: abandoning one’s rightful duty, enabling unqualified ritual acts, consuming forbidden food, betraying refuge-seekers, neglecting dependents and daily obligations, engaging in harmful or prohibited trades and violence, and exploiting Brahmins. It then highlights three personal transgressions—quarreling with one’s father, violating the guru’s bed, and refusing conjugal duty for progeny in season—as marks of an adhārmika (unrighteous) person.
In Śānti-parvan’s instruction on righteous conduct after the war, Vyāsa addresses the king (Bhārata) and enumerates behaviors condemned by knowers of dharma, moving from social/ritual failures to intimate moral breaches that undermine family order, teacher-student sanctity, and household continuity.