Shloka 63
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
प्रज्ञाविज्ञानयुक्तेन बुद्धिसंज्ञाप्रदायिना । वचन श्राविता नून॑ मानुषा: संनिवर्तत । शोको द्विगुणतां याति दृष्टवा स्मृत्वा च चेष्टितम्
jambuka uvāca | prajñāvijñānayuktena buddhisaṃjñāpradāyinā | vacanaṃ śrāvitā nūnaṃ mānuṣāḥ saṃnivartata | śoko dviguṇatāṃ yāti dṛṣṭvā smṛtvā ca ceṣṭitam |
जम्बुक म्हणाला—मी प्रज्ञा व विज्ञानाने युक्त असून इतरांना बोध देणारा आहे. विवेक जागविणारी अनेक वचने मी तुम्हांला ऐकविली आहेत; आता, हे मनुष्यहो, परत जा. कारण मृत स्वजनाचे शव पाहून आणि त्याच्या पूर्व चेष्टा आठवून शोक दुप्पट होतो.
जम्बुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief intensifies through repeated sensory contact and mental replay: seeing the dead body and remembering the person’s past conduct makes sorrow grow. Therefore one should withdraw from stimuli that inflame lamentation and cultivate discriminative understanding (buddhi/prajñā) to steady the mind.
Jambuka addresses people who are mourning. After giving them instruction intended to awaken discernment, he urges them to return/withdraw, warning that remaining near the corpse and repeatedly recalling the deceased will only double their grief.