Shloka 27
Kṣātra-dharma in Campaign and Battle: Protection, Purification, and the Ideal Warrior’s End (क्षात्रधर्मः—अभियानयुद्धे रक्षणदानशुद्धिः)
अरोगाणां स्पृहयते मुहुर्मुत्युमपीच्छति । वीरो दृप्तोडभिमानी च नेदृशं मृत्युमहीति
arogāṇāṁ spṛhayate muhur mṛtyum apīcchati | vīro dṛpto 'bhimānī ca nedṛśaṁ mṛtyum arhati ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຄົນເຈັບໄຂ້ຍ່ອມປາຖະໜາສະພາບຂອງຄົນແຂງແຮງ ແລະຊ້ຳໆຍັງປາຖະໜາຄວາມຕາຍ. ແຕ່ນັກຮົບ—ຜູ້ອົງອາດ ແລະຮັກກຽດສັກສີ—ບໍ່ຄວນໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມຕາຍແບບນັ້ນ: ຮ້ອງໄຫ້ດ້ວຍຄວາມເຈັບປວດ, ໃບໜ້າບິດເບື້ອນ, ໂສກເສົ້າບໍ່ຂາດຕໍ່ຜູ້ຕິດຕາມ, ຢາກໄດ້ສະພາບຄົນແຂງແຮງ, ແລະປາຖະໜາຄວາມຕາຍຊ້ຳໆໃນຍາມເຈັບໄຂ້—ຈຸດຈົບແບບນີ້ບໍ່ສົມກັບຜູ້ດໍາລົງຊີວິດດ້ວຍກຽດສັກສີ»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that repeated lamentation and a death sought out of despair during illness is contrary to the dignity expected of a self-respecting warrior; one should endure suffering with steadiness and uphold honor rather than collapse into continual wailing and death-wishing.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and right conduct. Here he criticizes a pattern of behavior in sickness—constant grieving, craving the state of the healthy, and repeatedly wishing for death—saying such an end is not fitting for a proud, honorable hero.