Shloka 18
Durgātitaraṇa—Conduct for Crossing Difficulties (दुर्गातितरणम्)
जो दूसरोंकी सम्पत्तिसे ईर्ष्यावश जलते नहीं हैं और ग्राम्य विषय-भोगसे निवृत्त हो गये हैं, वे मनुष्योंमें श्रेष्ठ साधु पुरुष दुस्तर विपत्तिसे छुटकारा पा जाते हैं ।।
yo 'nyasya sampattito īrṣyāvaśāj jvalati na ca grāmya-viṣaya-bhogebhyo nivṛttaḥ, sa manuṣyeṣu śreṣṭhaḥ sādhu-puruṣo dustarāyā vipatter mokṣam āpnoti. sarvān devān namasyanti sarva-dharmāṃś caiva śṛṇvate; ye śraddadhānāḥ śāntāś ca te durgāṇy atitaranti.
Itinuro ni Bhishma: Yaong hindi nag-aalab sa inggit sa yaman ng iba at tumalikod na sa magagaspang na layaw ng daigdig ay siyang pinakamainam sa mga tao. Ang gayong tunay na mabubuti ay nakakamit ang paglaya kahit mula sa mga kapahamakaang mahirap tawirin. At yaong yumuyuko sa lahat ng mga diyos at nakikinig sa mga aral ng lahat ng dharma—taglay ang pananampalataya at kapayapaan ng loob—ay nakakatawid sa mahihirap na daanan at nalalampasan ang buong lawak ng pagdurusa.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom from envy and withdrawal from crude sense-indulgence are marks of the best people; coupled with reverence, attentive hearing of dharmic teachings, faith, and inner peace, these virtues enable one to overcome even formidable calamities and suffering.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma is advising Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct and inner discipline after the war, emphasizing ethical purification (non-envy, restraint) and devotional-attentive orientation (reverence to the gods, listening to dharma) as practical means to endure and transcend misfortune.