Shloka 24
Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession
न च त्वमिव शोचन्ति तस्मात् त्वमपि मा शुच: । किं न त्वं तैनरे: श्रेयांस्तुल्यो वा बुद्धिपौरुषै:
na ca tvam iva śocanti tasmāt tvam api mā śucaḥ | kiṁ na tvaṁ tair nareḥ śreyān tulyo vā buddhi-pauruṣaiḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。「他の者は汝のように嘆かぬ。ゆえに汝も嘆くな。知恵と雄々しい努力において、汝は彼らに等しい、あるいは勝っているではないか。富なき者も生き、ある者は国を治める。彼らの中には判断と勇武において汝に等しい者があり、さらに大いなる者もいる。だが彼らは汝のように悲しみに沈まぬ。ゆえに、悲嘆を捨てよ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma urges restraint over grief: sorrow is not a mark of wisdom or strength. One should measure oneself by buddhi (discernment) and pauruṣa (steadfast effort) and, like capable people who continue living and ruling despite hardship, cultivate composure and proceed with duty.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs and consoles the listener (the king seeking guidance after the war). Here he rebukes excessive lamentation, pointing out that many people—some equal or superior in intellect and valor—endure life’s conditions without collapsing into grief; thus the addressee should also abandon sorrow.