Shloka 90
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
कस्येह न व्यथेद् बुद्धिर्मुत्योरपि जिघांसत: । साते न व्यथते बुद्धिरचला तत्त्वदर्शिनी
kasyeha na vyathed buddhir mṛtyor api jighāṃsataḥ | sā te na vyathate buddhir acalā tattvadarśinī ||
Sinabi ni Bhīṣma: “Sino rito ang hindi matitinag ang isip—kahit sa harap ng Kamatayan mismo kapag dumarating itong may hangaring pumatay? Ngunit ang iyong pag-unawa’y hindi nanginginig: ito’y matatag at nakakakita ng katotohanan. Kaya nananatili kang payapa at di nababahala.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
True wisdom (tattva-darśana) produces steadiness of intellect: even the threat of death does not shake a mind grounded in reality and self-control.
Bhishma praises the listener’s composure, contrasting ordinary minds that would tremble even before death with a truth-seeing, unwavering intellect that remains undisturbed.