Shloka 27
राष्ट्रगुप्ति-संग्रहः
Protection of the Realm and Principles of Revenue & Local Administration
इयमापत्समुत्पन्ना परचक्रभयं महत् | अपि चान्ताय कल्पन्ते वेणोरिव फलागमा:
iyam āpatsamutpannā paracakrabhayaṁ mahat | api cāntāya kalpante veṇor iva phalāgamāḥ ||
Sinabi ni Bhishma: “Sa panahong ito ng kapahamakan, sumibol ang isang mabigat na panganib—ang malaking takot na dulot ng hukbo ng kaaway. Gayunman, maging ang ganitong nakapanlulumong pangyayari ay maaaring humantong sa kabutihan sa huli, gaya ng pagdating ng bunga sa kawayan na umaabot sa kanyang huling kahihinatnan.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even severe dangers that arise during a crisis—such as fear of an enemy force—may ultimately lead to a decisive resolution; adversity can become the means by which an ‘end’ (closure or final outcome) is reached.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs on dharma and statecraft. Here he comments on a situation of emergency and external threat, using the image of bamboo fruiting to suggest that ominous developments can culminate in a final, determining outcome.