Shloka 3
मतज् परमं स्थान प्रार्थयन् विनशिष्यसि । मा कृथा: साहसं पुत्र नैष धर्मपथस्तव,मतंग! तुम इस उत्तम स्थानको माँगते-माँगते मर जाओगे। बेटा! दुःसाहस न करो। तुम्हारे लिये यह धर्मका मार्ग नहीं है
mataṅga! tvaṁ paramaṁ sthānaṁ prārthayan vinaśiṣyasi | mā kṛthāḥ sāhasaṁ putra naiṣa dharmapathas tava ||
Bhīṣma said: “O Mataṅga, in your insistence on asking for that highest station, you will only come to ruin. My son, do not commit this rashness. This is not the path of dharma for you.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma warns that pursuing a lofty status through reckless insistence leads to ruin; dharma requires discernment, restraint, and choosing a fitting righteous path rather than audacious overreach.
Bhīṣma addresses Mataṅga directly, cautioning him that his repeated demand for the “highest station” will end in destruction, and urges him to abandon this rash course as it is not appropriate to his dharmic path.