Shloka 183
The Thirteen Inner Adversaries (Trayodaśa Doṣāḥ): Origins and Pacification
अरिष्टा: स्यु: सदा कुद्धात् पवनान्नात्र संशय: । “मैं बुद्धिका आश्रय लेकर वायुके भयसे छुटकारा पाऊँगा। यदि वनमें रहनेवाले दूसरे वृक्ष भी उसी बुद्धिका सहारा लेकर रहें तो नि:संदेह कुपित वायुसे उनका कोई अनिष्ट नहीं होगा
ariṣṭāḥ syuḥ sadā kuddhāt pavanān nātra saṁśayaḥ |
ビーシュマは言った。「怒れる風からは、常に災いが生ずることに疑いはない。だが、明らかな分別の智に依りすがる者は、その風への恐れを免れ得る。森に住む他の樹々もまた同じ智を頼みとするなら、憤れる風は必ずや彼らに何の害も及ぼさぬであろう。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when external forces are hostile and potentially harmful, taking refuge in buddhi (clear discernment and right understanding) removes fear and prevents harm; wisdom becomes a shared protection when others also adopt it.
Bhishma uses the image of a furious wind threatening forest trees to illustrate how danger naturally follows from uncontrolled force, but how reliance on intelligence and right counsel can avert that danger for oneself and for a community.