Shloka 16
यमर्थसिद्धि: परमा न मोहयेत् तथैव काले व्यसनं न मोहयेत् । सुखं च दुःखं च तथैव मध्यमं निषेवते यः स धुरंधरो नर:,जिसे उत्तम अर्थसिद्धि मोहमें नहीं डालती, इसी तरह जो कभी संकट पड़नेपर धैर्य या विवेकको खो नहीं बैठता तथा सुखका, दुःखका और दोनोंके बीचकी अवस्थाका समान भावसे सेवन करता है, वही महान् कार्यभारको सँभालनेवाला श्रेष्ठ पुरुष माना जाता है
bhīṣma uvāca | yamārthasiddhiḥ paramā na mohayet tathaiva kāle vyasanaṃ na mohayet | sukhaṃ ca duḥkhaṃ ca tathaiva madhyamaṃ niṣevate yaḥ sa dhuraṃdharo naraḥ ||
Bhishma said: The man whom even the highest attainment of worldly success does not delude, and whom adversity, when it arrives in due course, does not confound; who meets pleasure, pain, and the state between them with the same steady disposition—he alone is a true bearer of great responsibilities, a superior man fit to carry heavy burdens of duty.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A truly capable person is not intoxicated by success nor shattered by adversity; he maintains equanimity toward pleasure, pain, and neutral circumstances, and thus is fit to bear great duties and responsibilities.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on righteous conduct and statecraft-like virtues, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira by defining the qualities of a ‘dhuraṃdhara’—a person competent to carry heavy burdens—highlighting steadiness of mind amid changing fortunes.