Shloka 38
Śakra–Namuci-saṃvāda: Śoka-nivāraṇa and Daiva-vicāra
Indra and Namuci on grief, composure, and inevitability
यद् यदागमसंयुक्त न कृच्छुमनुपश्यति । अथ तत्राप्युपादत्ते तमोडव्यक्तमिवानृतम्
yad yad āgama-saṁyuktaṁ na kṛcchram anupaśyati | atha tatrāpy upādatte tamoḍa-vyaktam ivānṛtam ||
Bhishma berkata: “Dalam keadaan yang tersambung dengan kesan-kesan pengalaman lampau, seseorang tidak memandang kesukaran sebagai kesukaran. Bahkan di sana ia masih mengambil suatu kepuasan palsu—terselubung oleh tamas, samar seakan tak termanifest. Karena itu, dalam tidur lelap ia tidak merasakan duka yang hadir sejelas kenyataan, dan tetap mengalami ‘kebahagiaan’ ilusi yang lahir dari tamas.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That the mind can fail to recognize suffering when it is veiled by tamas and habitual impressions; even in deep sleep one may ‘experience’ a kind of false, indistinct contentment that is not true well-being.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction, Bhīṣma continues teaching about the nature of mind and experience, using sleep/dream imagery to show how delusion can make hardship seem absent and can present an illusory sense of ease.