Shloka 16
मनु-उपदेशः — भूत-उत्पत्ति, इन्द्रिय-निवृत्ति, तथा पर-स्वभाव-विवेकः
Manu’s Instruction on Elemental Origination, Sense-Withdrawal, and Discrimination of the Supreme Nature
एतां बुद्ध्वा नरो बुद्ध्या भूतानामागतिं गतिम् । समवेक्ष्य शनैश्वैव लभते शममुत्तमम्
etāṁ buddhvā naro buddhyā bhūtānām āgatiṁ gatiṁ | samavekṣya śanaiś caiva labhate śamam uttamam ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Kapag naunawaan ng tao, sa lakas ng sarili niyang buddhi, ang pagdating at pag-alis—ang mga landas ng pag-ikot ng mga nilalang—at ito’y patuloy na pinagninilayan nang dahan-dahan, unti-unti, makakamtan niya ang pinakamataas na kapayapaan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
By using buddhi (discernment) to understand the recurring coming-and-going of beings (saṁsāra) and by reflecting on it steadily and gradually, one attains śama—deep inner tranquility.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on the means to peace after the war; here he emphasizes contemplative insight into the movement of living beings through life and death as a practical path to supreme calm.