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 ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຄົນອື່ນບໍ່ໂສກເສົ້າເຫມືອນທ່ານ; ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ທ່ານກໍຢ່າໂສກ. ທ່ານບໍ່ເທົ່າພວກເຂົາ—ຫຼືບໍ່ເຫນືອກວ່າ—ໃນປັນຍາແລະຄວາມກ້າຫານດອກຫຼື? ແມ່ນແຕ່ຜູ້ບໍ່ມີຊັບກໍຍັງມີຊີວິດ ແລະບາງຄົນຍັງປົກຄອງອານາຈັກ; ໃນພວກເຂົາມີຜູ້ມີການພິຈາລະນາແລະວິລະກຳເທົ່າທ່ານ ແລະບາງຄົນອາດຈະໃຫຍ່ກວ່າ. ແຕ່ເຂົາບໍ່ຈົມຢູ່ໃນຄວາມໂສກເຫມືອນທ່ານ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຈົ່ງລະທິ້ງຄວາມໂສກ»។
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.