Shloka 42
संधानस्य पर: कालस्तवेति च पुन: पुनः । न च मे तद् वचो मूढ: कृतवान् स सुमन्दधी: । घातयित्वेह पृथिवीं ततः स निधनं गत:
sandhānasya paraḥ kālas taveti ca punaḥ punaḥ | na ca me tad vaco mūḍhaḥ kṛtavān sa sumandadhīḥ | ghātayitveha pṛthivīṃ tataḥ sa nidhanaṃ gataḥ ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Berkali-kali aku berkata kepadanya, ‘Inilah saat yang tepat bagimu untuk berdamai.’ Namun orang yang sesat, sangat dangkal akalnya itu tidak menghiraukan nasihatku. Setelah menyebabkan bumi ini dilanda pembunuhan besar-besaran, akhirnya dia sendiri menuju kebinasaannya.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wise counsel—especially urging timely reconciliation—should not be ignored. Delusion and poor judgment that reject peace lead to widespread harm and ultimately to one’s own ruin.
Bhīṣma recalls repeatedly advising a certain person that the time for making peace had come. That person refused to follow the advice, caused great slaughter across the realm, and then met destruction himself.