Shloka 15
Dāna–Tapaḥ Praśaṃsā and Gṛhastha-Upadeśa
Maitreya
ते5पि यस्मात् प्रभावेण हता: क्षत्रियपुंगवा: । सम्प्राप्तास्ते गतिं पुण्यां तस्मान्मा शोच पुत्रक
te 'pi yasmāt prabhāveṇa hatāḥ kṣatriya-puṅgavāḥ | samprāptās te gatiṁ puṇyāṁ tasmān mā śoca putraka ||
“അവന്റെ പ്രഭാവപരാക്രമത്താൽ ഹതരായ ക്ഷത്രിയശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരും പുണ്യഗതി പ്രാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. അതുകൊണ്ട്, മകനേ! ശോകിക്കരുത്.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches that for kṣatriyas who die in righteous battle, death is not merely loss but a dharmic culmination that leads to a meritorious destiny; therefore grief should be restrained and transformed into understanding of duty and consequence.
Bhīṣma is consoling his listener, explaining that the prominent warriors slain through a hero’s prowess on the battlefield have attained a holy posthumous state, and thus the listener should not mourn them.