Shloka 31
गत: स परम लोकं तव पुत्रो न संशय: । 'भद्रे! धैर्य धारण करो। शुभदर्शने! शोक न करो। तुम्हारे पुत्र भीष्म अत्यन्त उत्तम लोकमें गये हैं, इसमें संशय नहीं है || ३० ई ।। वसुरेष महातेजा: शापदोषेण शोभने
gataḥ sa parama-lokaṁ tava putro na saṁśayaḥ | bhadre dhairyaṁ dhāraṇaṁ kuru | śubha-darśane śokaṁ na kuru |
वैशम्पायन उवाच— गतः स परमं लोकं तव पुत्रो न संशयः। भद्रे धैर्यं धारय; शुभदर्शने मा शुचः। भीष्मस्तव पुत्रोऽत्युत्तमं लोकं प्राप्तवान्।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches composure in bereavement: grief should be restrained through dhairya (steadfast courage), especially when the departed has attained a noble or supreme state due to righteous life and merit.
Vaiśaṃpāyana consoles a grieving mother, affirming that her son—identified here as Bhīṣma—has certainly reached the highest, excellent realm, and urges her to hold courage and abandon sorrow.