Shloka 40
भीष्मकृतः पाण्डवपक्ष-महारथ-प्रशंसा
Bhishma’s appraisal of Pandava-aligned chariot-warriors
चिन्त्यतामिदमेकाग्रं मम नि:श्रेयसं परम् | उभावपि भवन्तौ मे महत् कर्म करिष्यत:,“आप एकाग्रचित्त होकर मेरे परम कल्याणकी बात सोचिये। आप और कर्ण दोनों ही मेरा महान् कार्य सिद्ध करेंगे
cintyātām idam ekāgraṃ mama niḥśreyasaṃ param | ubhāv api bhavantau me mahat karma kariṣyataḥ ||
ဘီရှ္မက မိန့်ဆိုလေ၏— «စိတ်ကို တစ်ချက်တည်း စူးစိုက်၍ ငါ့အတွက် အမြင့်ဆုံး ကောင်းကျိုးဟု ငါယူဆသည့် အရာကို စဉ်းစားလော့။ သင်နှင့် ကာဏ္ဏ—နှစ်ဦးစလုံးက ငါ့အတွက် အလွန်ကြီးမား၍ အလေးအနက်ရှိသော လုပ်ငန်းကို ပြီးမြောက်စေလိမ့်မည်»။
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma urges disciplined, single-pointed reflection on the ‘highest good’ (niḥśreyasa), implying that ethical clarity and inner resolve should precede decisive action; great deeds should be grounded in considered welfare, not impulse.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations, Bhīṣma addresses two interlocutors (one explicitly Karṇa), asking them to concentrate on what he deems his supreme welfare and indicating that both will play a crucial role in fulfilling an important objective connected with him.