Shloka 223
Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda
असंत्याज्यं यदा मर्त्य: कि स्वस्थ इव तिष्ठसि | पिताजी! जब इस शरीरमें मृत्यु
asantyājyaṃ yadā martyaḥ kiṃ svastha iva tiṣṭhasi |
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: “ເມື່ອສິ່ງທີ່ບໍ່ອາດປະຖິ້ມໄດ້—ຄວາມຕາຍນັ້ນເອງ—ຢືນຢູ່ຕໍ່ໜ້າມະນຸດ, ເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຢືນຢູ່ຫຼືນັ່ງຢູ່ດັ່ງຄົນສະບາຍໃຈໄດ້ແນວໃດ? ໃນຮ່າງກາຍນີ້ ຄວາມຕາຍ, ຄວາມແກ່, ໂລກໄພ ແລະທຸກຂ໌ທີ່ເກີດຈາກເຫດປັດໃຈຫຼາຍຢ່າງ ຕໍ່ເນື່ອງຢູ່ເທື່ອ; ມະນຸດກໍບໍ່ອາດຫຼຸດພົ້ນຈາກມັນໄດ້ແທ້. ໃນສະພາບແບບນີ້ ເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງນັ່ງຢູ່ໂດຍບໍ່ໃສ່ໃຈໄດ້ແນວໃດ?”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma highlights the inevitability of death, aging, and disease, urging alertness and ethical seriousness rather than complacency. The verse presses the listener to recognize unavoidable suffering as a prompt for right living, reflection, and detachment.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma addresses his interlocutor with a pointed question: given that the body is bound to death, decay, and illness, why is the person behaving as if secure and untroubled? It functions as a wake-up call within Bhishma’s broader counsel on dharma and the human condition.