Shloka 5
Kṣātra-dharma in Campaign and Battle: Protection, Purification, and the Ideal Warrior’s End (क्षात्रधर्मः—अभियानयुद्धे रक्षणदानशुद्धिः)
अपविध्यन्ति पापानि दानयज्ञतपोबलै: । अनुग्रहाय भूतानां पुण्यमेषां विवर्धते,वे दान, यज्ञ और तपके प्रभावसे अपने सारे पाप नष्ट कर डालते हैं; फिर तो प्राणियोंपर अनुग्रह करनेके लिये उनके पुण्यकी वृद्धि होती है
apavidhyanti pāpāni dānayajñatapo-balaiḥ | anugrahāya bhūtānāṁ puṇyam eṣāṁ vivardhate ||
毗湿摩说：凭借布施、祭祀与苦行所生之力，他们能抛却诸罪。其后，为了怜悯一切有情众生，他们的功德之藏日益增长——使其善行成为利益他人的器具。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sins are overcome through the disciplined power of dāna (charity), yajña (sacrificial duty), and tapas (austerity). When one’s conduct turns toward compassionate support of all beings, one’s puṇya (merit) naturally grows, making virtue both self-purifying and socially beneficial.
In the Śānti Parva discourse, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma after the war. Here he describes how righteous practices cleanse wrongdoing and how the resulting merit is meant to be directed toward the welfare of living beings through compassion and beneficence.