Shloka 42
Bhīṣma’s Yogic Departure, Royal Cremation, and Gaṅgā’s Lament (भीष्मस्य योगयुक्त्या देहत्यागः, पितृमेधः, गङ्गाविलापः)
माधवस्यास्य माहात्म्यं श्रुतं यत् कथितं मया । तदेव तावत् पर्याप्तं सज्जनस्य निदर्शनम्
bhīṣma uvāca | mādhavasyāsya māhātmyaṃ śrutaṃ yat kathitaṃ mayā | tadeva tāvat paryāptaṃ sajjanasya nidarśanam | ataḥ kuntīnandana tvam ātmabhrātṛbandhubhiḥ svajanair iha śokaṃ na kartum arhasi | kauravakulānandavardhana yudhiṣṭhira tvam sadā krodhahīnaḥ śāntaś ca bhava | mayā yathā śrutaṃ tathā mādhavasya śrī-kṛṣṇasya māhātmyaṃ kathitam | etāvatāiva tasya mahimnaḥ bodhāya paryāptaṃ sajjanānāṃ digdarśanamātram iti |
भीष्म उवाच—माधवस्यास्य माहात्म्यं यथा श्रुतं मया पूर्वं तथैव कथितं तव। एतावदेव पर्याप्तं सतां निदर्शनाय। अतः कुन्तीनन्दन! भ्रातृबान्धवस्वजनान् प्रति त्वं न शोकितुमर्हसि। कुरुवंशानन्दवर्धन युधिष्ठिर! सदा क्रोधवर्जितः शान्तश्च भव। मया यत् माधवमहिमानं कथितं तदेव बोधाय पर्याप्तम्; सतां हि सूचनामात्रमपि मार्गदर्शनं भवति।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma urges Yudhishthira to abandon grief for kinsmen and to cultivate krodha-hīnatā (freedom from anger) and śānti (inner peace). He adds that even a brief account of Krishna’s greatness is enough to orient a noble person toward right understanding and conduct.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction-setting, Bhishma concludes a praise/teaching about Madhava (Krishna) and turns directly to Yudhishthira with counsel: do not lament for family losses and remain calm and angerless, taking the narrated glory of Krishna as a sufficient moral-spiritual pointer.