Shloka 125
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
कस्येदं कस्य वा नेदं कुतो वेद न वा कुतः । सम्बन्ध: को<स्ति भूतानां स्वैरप्पवयवैरिह
bhīṣma uvāca | kasyedaṃ kasya vā nedaṃ kuto veda na vā kutaḥ | sambandhaḥ ko 'sti bhūtānāṃ svair apy avayavair iha ||
এটি কার, আর কার নয়? কে-ই বা জানে এটি কোথা থেকে, কিংবা কোথা থেকে নয়? এখানে জীবদের নিজের অঙ্গপ্রত্যঙ্গের সঙ্গেও প্রকৃত সম্পর্কই বা কী?॥
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse undermines possessiveness and fixed identity by stressing that in a world of constant change, claims like “this is mine/not mine” and certainty about origins are ultimately unreliable; even the bond between a being and its own body-parts is not absolute.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and right understanding, Bhishma continues his philosophical counsel, steering the listener away from attachment and toward a detached, discerning view of worldly relations.