Shloka 82
Śama-prāptiḥ — Gautamī–Lubdhaka–Pannaga–Mṛtyu–Kāla-saṃvāda
Restraint through the Analysis of Karma and Time
नरेश्वर! इस उपाख्यानको सुनकर तुम शान्ति धारण करो, शोकमें न पड़ो। सब मनुष्य अपने-अपने कर्मोके अनुसार प्राप्त होनेवाले लोकोंमें ही जाते हैं ।। नैव त्वया कृतं कर्म नापि दुर्योधनेन वै । कालेनैतत् कृतं विद्धि निहता येन पार्थिवा:,तुमने या दुर्योधनने कुछ नहीं किया है। कालकी ही यह सारी करतूत समझो, जिससे समस्त भूपाल मारे गये हैं
nareśvara! etad upākhyānaṃ śrutvā tvaṃ śāntiṃ dhāraya, śoke mā patāḥ. sarve manuṣyāḥ sva-sva-karmānusāreṇa prāpyān lokeṣu eva gacchanti. naiva tvayā kṛtaṃ karma nāpi duryodhanena vai; kālena etat kṛtaṃ viddhi, nihatā yena pārthivāḥ.
Bhishma said: “O king, having heard this ancient account, steady yourself in peace and do not sink into grief. All people depart only to those worlds that their own deeds bring about. Neither you nor Duryodhana truly ‘did’ this; know that Time has wrought it—by which the kings of the earth have been slain.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that grief should be tempered by insight into karma and Kāla: beings reach results and destinations according to their own deeds, while large-scale destruction in war is also framed as the working of Time. This shifts the listener from self-blame and hatred toward steadiness and ethical reflection.
After the great war, Yudhishthira is overwhelmed by sorrow for the slain kings and the devastation. Bhishma, speaking as a dying elder and teacher, consoles him: do not collapse into grief; understand the moral order of karma and the overpowering agency of Time behind the catastrophe.