Shloka 108
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
तयोर्विज्ञानविदुषोर्द्धयोर्मगपतत्रिणो: । वाक्यैरमृतकल्पैस्तै: प्रतिष्ठन्ति व्रजन्ति च
tayor vijñāna-viduṣor dvayor mṛga-patatriṇoḥ | vākyair amṛta-kalpais taiḥ pratiṣṭhanti vrajanti ca ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “Sa dalawang iyon—ang isa’y hayop at ang isa’y ibon—kapwa bihasa sa pag-unawa at paghimay ng karunungan. Nahihikayat ng kanilang mga salitang tila nektar, ang mga kamag-anak ng yumao ay kung minsan humihinto, at kung minsan nama’y nagpapatuloy.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wise, life-affirming speech can steady a mind shaken by bereavement—sometimes stopping impulsive action, sometimes enabling rightful movement forward—showing that counsel grounded in insight guides conduct amid grief.
Bhīṣma describes a scene where two beings—one an animal and the other a bird—speak profound, ‘nectar-like’ words. Those words affect the mourners (the dead person’s relatives), causing them alternately to pause and then to continue, as their emotions and decisions are shaped by the counsel.