Shloka 76
Adhyāya 164: Gautama as Guest; Kaśyapa’s Satkāra and the Fourfold Arthagati; Journey to Virūpākṣa
क्षमया तिष्ठते राजन् क्षमया विनिवर्तते । राजन! क्रोध लोभसे उत्पन्न होता है, दूसरोंके दोष देखनेसे बढ़ता, क्षमा करनेसे थम जाता और क्षमासे ही निवृत्त हो जाता है
kṣamayā tiṣṭhate rājan kṣamayā vinivartate |
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ກະສັດ, ຄວາມໂກດຖືກຂົ່ມໄວ້ໄດ້ດ້ວຍການອະໄພ, ແລະ ດ້ວຍການອະໄພນັ້ນເອງ ມັນຖືກຫັນກັບ. ເມື່ອຜູ້ໃດເລືອກຈະອົດທົນ, ຄວາມໂກດກໍສູນຖານທີ່ຂອງມັນ ແລະ ກັບໄປສູ່ຄວາມສະຫງົບ.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Forgiveness (kṣamā) is presented as the practical antidote to anger: it prevents anger from taking hold and also causes it to subside once arisen. The ethical point is that restraint and forbearance preserve dharma and social harmony more effectively than retaliation.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma after the war. Here he emphasizes a ruler’s inner discipline: the king should master anger through forgiveness, since uncontrolled wrath undermines just governance and peace.