Shloka 1
Doṣa-Parīkṣā and Guṇa-Viveka
Examination of Faults and Discernment of the Guṇas
ऑपन-आक्राा बा 2 पज्चाधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय: परब्रह्म॒की प्राप्तिका उपाय मनुर्वाच दुःखोपघाते शारीरे मानसे चाप्युपस्थिते | यस्मिन् न शक््यते कर्तु यत्नस्तं नानुचिन्तयेत्
bhīṣma uvāca | manur uvāca—bṛhaspate! duḥkhopaghāte śārīre mānase cāpy upasthite | yasmin na śakyaṃ kartuṃ yatnas taṃ nānucintayet ||
मनु बोले—हे बृहस्पते! जब शरीर या मन पर ऐसा दुःख-आघात आ पड़े कि उसके रहते यत्न करना असम्भव हो जाए, तब उस दुःख का चिन्तन नहीं करना चाहिए।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When suffering—physical or mental—reaches a point where purposeful effort is impossible, one should not waste the mind in obsessive rumination; instead, one should withdraw attention from unproductive grief.
In Bhishma’s instruction during the Shanti Parva, he cites Manu speaking to Bṛhaspati, presenting a practical ethical maxim about responding to overwhelming affliction with mental restraint rather than futile brooding.