Shloka 19
Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)
सम्बुबोधयिषुर्मित्रं सदश्चवमिव सारथि: । अतिमन्युप्रसक्तो हि प्रसह हितकारणात्
saṃbubodhayīṣur mitraṃ sadaśvām iva sārathiḥ | atimanyuprasakto hi prasaha hitakāraṇāt ||
毗湿摩说道：“正如御者唤起并稳住良马，朋友亦然：为劝诫友人而来，见其损失将至，悲痛难当；因不能忍受，便为其福祉而强硬直言。凡明智而怀善意、恒求昌盛与进益之人，当听从这位施益之友，并宽恕其言辞间的峻烈。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler or any wise person should accept frank, even forceful, admonition from a true friend when it is motivated by concern for one’s welfare, and should forgive the friend’s harsh tone because the intent is beneficial.
In Bhishma’s instruction on righteous conduct, he uses the metaphor of a charioteer correcting a good horse to explain how a well-wishing friend may urgently warn a king about impending loss; the king should listen and not punish the friend for blunt speech.