Shloka 13
Brāhmaṇa-kṛtya, Āśrama-niyama, and Dāna-prasaṃsā
Duties of the Brāhmaṇa, āśrama discipline, and praise of giving
पययिह्न्यमानानामभियोक्ता न विद्यते | दुःखमेतत् तु यद् द्वेष्टा कर्ताहमिति मन्यते
paryāyihnyamānānām abhiyoktā na vidyate | duḥkham etat tu yad dveṣṭā kartāham iti manyate ||
ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—କାଳକ୍ରମରେ ଆସୁଥିବା ସୁଖ-ଦୁଃଖରେ ଯେମାନେ ପୁନଃପୁନଃ ଆଘାତ ପାଆନ୍ତି, ସେମାନଙ୍କ ଦୁଃଖ ପାଇଁ ଅନ୍ୟ କୌଣସି ଅଭିଯୋଗକର୍ତ୍ତା ନାହିଁ—ବାହ୍ୟ ଦୋଷୀ କେହି ନାହିଁ। ପ୍ରକୃତ ଦୁଃଖ ଏହିଠାରେ—ମଣିଷ ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ପୀଡ଼ାକୁ ଦ୍ୱେଷ କରି ‘ମୁଁ ହିଁ ଏହାର କର୍ତ୍ତା’ ବୋଲି ଭାବି ନିଏ।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pleasure and pain arise in the natural course of time; blaming an external agent is misguided. Suffering deepens when one reacts with aversion and falsely identifies as the autonomous doer—“I am the maker of this”—instead of seeing experiences as time-conditioned and to be borne with equanimity.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction to Yudhishthira, Bhishma continues his ethical-philosophical counsel, explaining how wise understanding of time, causality, and non-attachment reduces grief and prevents the mind from creating an enemy or culprit for inevitable life experiences.