Shloka 13
तुलाधार-उपदेशः
Tulādhāra’s Instruction to Jājali on Ahiṃsā and Abhaya-dāna
तत् पुत्र चिन्ताकलिल तदुक्त- मनागतं वै तव सम्प्रतीह । भूतार्थतत्त्वं तदवाप्य सर्व भूतप्रभावाद् भव शान्तबुद्धि:
tat putra cintākalila tad-uktaṃ anāgataṃ vai tava sampratīha | bhūtārtha-tattvaṃ tad avāpya sarva-bhūta-prabhāvād bhava śānta-buddhiḥ, vatsa yudhiṣṭhira ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—वत्सा! चिंतेचा तो गुंता आणि इतर वक्त्यांनी सांगितलेले तर्कट सोडून दे. आता मी तुला यथार्थ सांगतो. सर्व भूतांशी संबंधित तत्त्व नीट जाणून, सर्व प्राण्यांत व्यापलेल्या प्रभूच्या प्रभाव व प्रसादाने, हे युधिष्ठिरा, तू शांतबुद्धी हो.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma urges Yudhishthira to drop speculative, anxiety-producing theorizing and to seek the essential truth (tattva) of reality as it relates to all beings; true understanding, grounded in what is ultimately real, leads to śānta-buddhi—inner calm.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction setting, Bhishma continues counseling Yudhishthira after the war, redirecting him from confused debates about origins and future fears toward a stabilizing metaphysical understanding that brings mental peace.