Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, 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 |
Wika ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “Ang iyong anak ay tunay nang nagtungo sa pinakamataas na daigdig—walang alinlangan. Marangal na ginang, panatilihin ang tatag ng loob; ikaw na may mapalad na anyo, huwag magdalamhati. Si Bhīṣma, ang iyong anak, ay nakamit ang isang dakilang kaharian.”
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.