Shloka 18
अध्याय १२२ — कृष्णस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Kṛṣṇa’s Ethical Counsel to Duryodhana
पतनारोहणमिदं कथयिष्यन्ति ये नरा: । विषमाण्यपि ते प्राप्तास्तरिष्यन्ति न संशय:
patanārohaṇam idaṃ kathayiṣyanti ye narāḥ | viṣamāṇy api te prāptās tariṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ ||
ভীষ্ম বললেন—যে সকল মানুষ পতন ও পুনরুত্থানের এই বৃত্তান্ত বর্ণনা করবে, তারা ভয়ংকর বিপদে পড়লেও নিশ্চয়ই তা অতিক্রম করবে—এতে সন্দেহ নেই।
पितामह् उवाच
Educational Q&A
Recounting and internalizing exemplary teachings about decline and recovery strengthens resolve; such remembrance helps one ‘cross over’ even severe dangers and hardships.
In Bhīṣma’s counsel within the Udyoga Parva, he commends a particular instructive account—described as ‘falling and rising’—and asserts its protective, empowering effect for those who repeat and transmit it.