Shloka 18
सभा-पर्यवसान-प्रस्थानवचनम् | Counsel at the Point of Departure
कुलेषु जाता: कल्याणि व्यसनैराहता भृशम् | धर्म्यान्मार्गान्नि च्यवन्ते येषां नस्त्वं वधू: स्थिता
kuleṣu jātāḥ kalyāṇi vyasanair āhatā bhṛśam | dharmyān mārgān na cyavante yeṣāṃ nas tvaṃ vadhūḥ sthitā ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Wahai wanita mulia, para Pāṇḍava—di rumah merekalah engkau berdiri sebagai menantu—terlahir dalam wangsa yang luhur. Sekalipun dihantam bencana seberat apa pun, mereka tidak menyimpang dari jalan dharma.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True nobility is shown by unwavering adherence to dharma; even severe adversity should not cause one to abandon righteous conduct.
Bhīṣma addresses a noble woman (the Pāṇḍavas’ daughter-in-law) and commends the Pāṇḍavas’ high birth and moral steadiness, emphasizing that calamities do not make them deviate from dharma.