Shloka 41
Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)
विषयाणां च दौरात्म्यं विज्ञाय नृपते पुनः । गतासूनां च कौन्तेय देहान् दृष्टवा तथाशुभान्,नरेश्वर! शब्द-स्पर्श आदि विषय दुःखरूप ही हैं, इस बातको जाने। कुन्तीनन्दन! जिनके प्राण चले जाते हैं, उन मनुष्योंके शरीरोंकी जो अशुभ एवं बीभत्स दशा होती है, उसपर भी दृष्टिपात करे
viṣayāṇāṃ ca daurātmyaṃ vijñāya nṛpate punaḥ | gatāsūnāṃ ca kaunteya dehān dṛṣṭvā tathāśubhān ||
Bhishma said: “O king, having understood again the corrupting and harmful nature of the objects of sense—sound, touch, and the rest—and, O son of Kunti, having also looked upon the bodies of men after life has departed, how inauspicious and repulsive they become, let this insight turn your mind away from attachment. Know that what is pursued as pleasure ends in suffering and decay; therefore seek the higher good.”
भीष्म उवाच