Shloka 25
कपोत-लुब्धकसंवादः — Hunter’s Remorse and Renunciatory Resolve
अड़़् मामन्ववेक्षस्व राजन्याय बुभूषते । यथा प्रमुच्यते त्वन्यो यदर्थ न प्रमोदते
aḍ māmanvavekṣasva rājanyāya bubhūṣate | yathā pramucyate tv anyo yadartha na pramodate, vatsa yudhiṣṭhira |
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ເບິ່ງຂ້າເຖີດ ໂອ ກະສັດ—ເບິ່ງວ່າຂ້າໄດ້ເຮັດຫຍັງ. ຕໍ່ບັນດາກະສັດກະສັດຕະຣິຍະຜູ້ປາຖະໜາອໍານາດເຫນືອແຜ່ນດິນ ຂ້າໄດ້ປະພຶດໃນທາງທີ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ເຂົາພົ້ນຈາກພັນທະໂລກ—ໂດຍຟັນລົງໃນສົງຄາມ ແລະສົ່ງເຂົາໄປສູ່ສະຫວັນ. ແມ່ນແຕ່ຄົນອື່ນບໍ່ອະນຸໂມທະນາ ແລະຕໍານິຂ້າວ່າໂຫດຮ້າຍ ແລະຮຸນແຮງ ຂ້າກໍບໍ່ເຄີຍລະທິ້ງໜ້າທີ່. ເຊັ່ນດຽວກັນ ເຈົ້າກໍຈົ່ງຢືນຢັນໃນເສັ້ນທາງໜ້າທີ່ຂອງເຈົ້າ».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma urges steadfastness in svadharma: even if one’s duty appears harsh and attracts public blame, a kshatriya must act according to ordained responsibility, with the intention of upholding order rather than seeking personal pleasure or approval.
In the Shanti Parva dialogue, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on kingship and duty. Here he points to his own life as an example: he fought and killed rival warrior-kings, interpreting that act within the kshatriya framework as enabling their heavenly destiny, and he tells Yudhishthira to remain firm in his own royal obligations despite criticism.