Shloka 49
Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession
सारे पदार्थ जब संसर्गमें आते हैं, तभी दृष्टिगोचर होते हैं। दूर हो जानेपर उनका दर्शन सम्भव नहीं हो पाता। ऐसी स्थितिमें ज्ञान और विज्ञानसे तृप्त तथा पराक्रमसे सम्पन्न तुम्हारे-जैसा पुरुष शोक नहीं करता है ।।
sāre padārthāḥ yadā saṁsarge āyānti tadāiva dṛṣṭigocarā bhavanti; dūre gateṣu teṣāṁ darśanaṁ na sambhavati. evaṁ-sthitau jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptaḥ parākrama-sampannaḥ tvad-vidhaḥ puruṣaḥ śokaṁ na karoti. alpam icchann acapalaḥ mṛdur dāntaḥ suniścitaḥ | brahmacaryopapannaś ca tvadvidho naiva śocati ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Ang lahat ng bagay ay nagiging nakikita lamang kapag nagkakasalubong o nagkakadikit; kapag napalayo na, hindi na ito masisilayan. Sa gayong kalagayan, ang taong tulad mo—puspos ng kaalaman at pag-unawa at pinagkalooban ng tapang—ay hindi nagpapadaig sa dalamhati. Kaunti ang iyong ninanais, hindi pabagu-bago; maamo, may pagpipigil-sa-sarili, matatag sa pasya, at nakatatag sa brahmacarya—kaya ang tulad mo ay hindi dapat magluksa.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Perception and loss are conditioned by contact and distance; therefore grief over what has passed beyond reach is unwise. A disciplined person—content with knowledge, steady, self-restrained, and of few desires—should meet separation without lamentation.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the grieving Yudhiṣṭhira after the war. Here he consoles him by reframing loss as a natural consequence of separation and by praising Yudhiṣṭhira’s virtues (self-control, firmness, brahmacarya), urging him not to mourn.