Shloka 49
Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession
सारे पदार्थ जब संसर्गमें आते हैं, तभी दृष्टिगोचर होते हैं। दूर हो जानेपर उनका दर्शन सम्भव नहीं हो पाता। ऐसी स्थितिमें ज्ञान और विज्ञानसे तृप्त तथा पराक्रमसे सम्पन्न तुम्हारे-जैसा पुरुष शोक नहीं करता है ।।
sāre padārthāḥ yadā saṁsarge āyānti tadāiva dṛṣṭigocarā bhavanti; dūre gateṣu teṣāṁ darśanaṁ na sambhavati. evaṁ-sthitau jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptaḥ parākrama-sampannaḥ tvad-vidhaḥ puruṣaḥ śokaṁ na karoti. alpam icchann acapalaḥ mṛdur dāntaḥ suniścitaḥ | brahmacaryopapannaś ca tvadvidho naiva śocati ||
Bhishma said: All things are perceived only when they come into contact; once they have gone far away, they can no longer be seen. In such a condition, a man like you—sated with knowledge and discernment and endowed with valor—does not succumb to grief. Desiring little, free from fickleness, gentle, self-restrained, firm in resolve, and established in brahmacarya—one of your kind should not mourn.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Perception and loss are conditioned by contact and distance; therefore grief over what has passed beyond reach is unwise. A disciplined person—content with knowledge, steady, self-restrained, and of few desires—should meet separation without lamentation.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the grieving Yudhiṣṭhira after the war. Here he consoles him by reframing loss as a natural consequence of separation and by praising Yudhiṣṭhira’s virtues (self-control, firmness, brahmacarya), urging him not to mourn.