Shloka 82
Śama-prāptiḥ — Gautamī–Lubdhaka–Pannaga–Mṛtyu–Kāla-saṃvāda
Restraint through the Analysis of Karma and Time
नरेश्वर! इस उपाख्यानको सुनकर तुम शान्ति धारण करो, शोकमें न पड़ो। सब मनुष्य अपने-अपने कर्मोके अनुसार प्राप्त होनेवाले लोकोंमें ही जाते हैं ।।
nareśvara! etad upākhyānaṃ śrutvā tvaṃ śāntiṃ dhāraya, śoke mā patāḥ. sarve manuṣyāḥ sva-sva-karmānusāreṇa prāpyān lokeṣu eva gacchanti. naiva tvayā kṛtaṃ karma nāpi duryodhanena vai; kālena etat kṛtaṃ viddhi, nihatā yena pārthivāḥ.
Sinabi ni Bhīṣma: “O hari, matapos marinig ang sinaunang salaysay na ito, panatilihin mo ang kapayapaan ng loob at huwag mahulog sa dalamhati. Ang lahat ng tao’y umaalis lamang patungo sa mga daigdig na idinudulot ng kani-kanilang gawa. Hindi ito ginawa mo, ni ginawa ni Duryodhana; alamin mong ang Panahon ang siyang gumawa nito—kaya nalipol ang mga hari sa ibabaw ng lupa.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that grief should be tempered by insight into karma and Kāla: beings reach results and destinations according to their own deeds, while large-scale destruction in war is also framed as the working of Time. This shifts the listener from self-blame and hatred toward steadiness and ethical reflection.
After the great war, Yudhishthira is overwhelmed by sorrow for the slain kings and the devastation. Bhishma, speaking as a dying elder and teacher, consoles him: do not collapse into grief; understand the moral order of karma and the overpowering agency of Time behind the catastrophe.