Shloka 633
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
न शक्ष्यसि तदा शक्र नियन्तुं शोकमात्मन: । इन्द्र! वे सभी नरेश अपने तेजसे प्रज्वलित होनेवाले और प्रतापी थे, किंतु कालने उन सबका संहार कर दिया। तुम जब इस पृथ्वीका उपभोग करके पुनः इसे छोड़ोगे, तब अपने शोकको रोकनेमें समर्थ न हो सकोगे
na śakṣyasi tadā śakra niyantuṃ śokam ātmanaḥ | indra! te sarve nareśāḥ sva-tejasā prajvalitāḥ pratāpinaś ca, kintu kālena teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ saṃhāraḥ kṛtaḥ | tvaṃ yadā imāṃ pṛthivīm upabhujya punaḥ imāṃ tyakṣyasi, tadā śokaṃ niyantuṃ na śakṣyasi |
Bhīṣma said: “O Śakra (Indra), at that time you will not be able to restrain the grief within yourself. Those kings were all blazing with their own splendor and mighty in prowess, yet Time destroyed them all. When you too have enjoyed this earth and then must relinquish it again, you will be unable to hold back your sorrow.”
भीष्म उवाच