Shloka 48
Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession
इन्द्रियोंको संयममें रखो, मनको वशमें करो और वाणीका संयम करके मौन रहा करो। ये मन, वाणी और इन्द्रियाँ दुर्बल हों या अहितकारक, इन्हें विषयोंकी ओर जानेसे रोकनेवाला अपने सिवा दूसरा कोई नहीं है ।।
prāptisṛṣṭeṣu bhāveṣu vyapakṛṣṭeṣv asambhave | prajñānatṛpto vikrāntas tvadvidho nānuśocati ||
Bhishma said: Restrain the senses, master the mind, and, holding speech in check, abide in silence. If mind, speech, and the senses are weak or harmful, none but oneself can keep them from running toward their objects. When results arise as they must—whether gain or loss, whether success is possible or impossible—a man like you, satisfied by wisdom and steadfast in courage, does not sink into grief.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A wise and courageous person does not lament over outcomes that arise according to circumstance—gain or loss, possibility or impossibility—because inner satisfaction comes from discernment and self-mastery rather than external results.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma is advising the listener (Yudhishthira in context) on ethical steadiness after catastrophe: restrain senses, mind, and speech, and face inevitable outcomes without grief.