Shloka 38
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
मृत्योर्ये ते व्याधय श्चाश्रुपाता मनुष्याणां रुज्यते यैः शरीरम् | सर्वेषां वै प्राणिनां प्राणनान्ते तस्माच्छोक॑ मा कृथा बुद्धय बुद्धया
mṛtyor ye te vyādhayaś cāśrupātā manuṣyāṇāṁ rujyate yaiḥ śarīram | sarveṣāṁ vai prāṇināṁ prāṇanānte tasmāc chokaṁ mā kṛthā budhya budhyā ||
Bhīṣma sprach: „Die Tränen, die beim ersten Nahen des Todes fielen, wurden zu Krankheiten — Fiebern und dergleichen — durch die der menschliche Leib gequält wird. Der Tod tritt an jedes lebende Wesen heran, wenn sein zugeteiltes Lebensatmen sein Ende erreicht. Darum, o König, trauere nicht um deinen Sohn; erkenne dies mit klarem Unterscheidungsvermögen.“
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief should be restrained through discernment: death is inevitable and comes to all beings only when their allotted lifespan ends; understanding this reduces attachment-driven sorrow.
Bhīṣma instructs and consoles a grieving king, explaining the universality of death and the origin of bodily afflictions, urging him not to mourn his son but to reflect wisely.