Shloka 21
Durgātitaraṇa—Conduct for Crossing Difficulties (दुर्गातितरणम्)
ये क्रोधं संनियच्छन्ति क्रुद्धान्संशमयन्ति च । न च कुप्यन्ति भूतानां दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते,जो क्रोधको काबूमें रखते हैं, क्रोधी मनुष्योंको शान्त करते और स्वयं किसी भी प्राणीपर कुपित नहीं होते हैं, वे दुर्लघ्य संकटोंसे पार हो जाते हैं
ye krodhaṁ saṁniyacchanti kruddhān saṁśamayanti ca | na ca kupyanti bhūtānāṁ durgāṇy atitaranti te ||
Those who restrain their own anger, who pacify people inflamed with wrath, and who do not themselves become angry toward any living being—such persons cross over even hard-to-surmount dangers and crises.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mastery over anger is presented as a practical dharmic power: restrain one’s own wrath, calm others who are enraged, and avoid hostility toward any creature; this inner discipline enables one to overcome even formidable dangers.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous conduct, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira (and the listening assembly) about virtues that sustain peace after war, highlighting anger-control and the ability to pacify conflict as marks of the wise.