Shloka 31
प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence
Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue
सो5हं हाहिंस्र: सत्यार्थी कामक्रोधबहिष्कृत: । समदुःखसुख: क्षेमी मृत्युं हास्याम्यमर्त्यवत्
so 'haṃ hiāhiṃsraḥ satyārthī kāmakrodhabahiṣkṛtaḥ | samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣemī mṛtyuṃ hāsyāmy amartyavat ||
Bhishma dit : «Ainsi je vivrai sans violence, en quête de vérité ; chassant de mon cœur le désir et la colère ; demeurant égal dans la peine comme dans la joie ; et devenant une source de bien pour tous. Ainsi, tel les immortels, je m’élèverai au-delà de la crainte de la mort.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a disciplined ethical program: renounce violence, pursue truth, remove desire and anger, cultivate equanimity toward pleasure and pain, and act for the welfare of all—thereby transcending the fear of death.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma and inner discipline. Here he articulates a personal resolve (a vow-like commitment) to adopt non-violence, truth-seeking, self-mastery, and beneficence as the path to fearlessness and spiritual elevation.