Shloka 20
Rājā–Rāja-Śabda-Prabhavaḥ — The Origin and Rationale of Kingship and Daṇḍanīti
अगम्यागमनं चैव वाच्यावाच्यं तथैव च । भक्ष्याभक्ष्यं च राजेन्द्र दोषादोषं च नात्यजन्,राजेन्द्र! उन्होंने अगम्यागमन, वाच्य-अवाच्य, भक्ष्य-अभक्ष्य तथा दोष-अदोष कुछ भी नहीं छोड़ा
agamya-āgamanaṃ caiva vācyāvācyaṃ tathaiva ca | bhakṣyābhakṣyaṃ ca rājendra doṣādoṣaṃ ca nātyajan ||
毗湿摩说道：大王之最者啊，他们对任何事都不加节制——出入禁地、接近不当之人；说该说或不该说的话；食用可食或不可食之物；行可责或不可责之事。其行止之中，礼法的界限无一不被逾越。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma requires discernment and restraint: one must know and uphold boundaries regarding forbidden association, proper speech, permissible food, and the distinction between blameworthy and blameless actions. Abandoning these distinctions leads to ethical collapse.
Bhīṣma, instructing the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) in Śānti Parva, describes a group’s degraded conduct: they no longer avoid prohibited acts and ignore moral and social discriminations, illustrating the consequences of losing dharmic discernment.