Shloka 42
संधानस्य पर: कालस्तवेति च पुन: पुनः । न च मे तद् वचो मूढ: कृतवान् स सुमन्दधी: । घातयित्वेह पृथिवीं ततः स निधनं गत:
sandhānasya paraḥ kālas taveti ca punaḥ punaḥ | na ca me tad vaco mūḍhaḥ kṛtavān sa sumandadhīḥ | ghātayitveha pṛthivīṃ tataḥ sa nidhanaṃ gataḥ ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Berkali-kali aku berkata kepadanya, ‘Inilah saat terbaik bagimu untuk berdamai.’ Namun orang yang tersesat itu, yang sangat dangkal budinya, tidak menjalankan nasihatku. Setelah menumpahkan pembantaian di muka bumi, akhirnya ia sendiri menuju kebinasaan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wise counsel—especially urging timely reconciliation—should not be ignored. Delusion and poor judgment that reject peace lead to widespread harm and ultimately to one’s own ruin.
Bhīṣma recalls repeatedly advising a certain person that the time for making peace had come. That person refused to follow the advice, caused great slaughter across the realm, and then met destruction himself.