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Shloka 49

Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession

सारे पदार्थ जब संसर्गमें आते हैं, तभी दृष्टिगोचर होते हैं। दूर हो जानेपर उनका दर्शन सम्भव नहीं हो पाता। ऐसी स्थितिमें ज्ञान और विज्ञानसे तृप्त तथा पराक्रमसे सम्पन्न तुम्हारे-जैसा पुरुष शोक नहीं करता है ।।

sāre padārthāḥ yadā saṁsarge āyānti tadāiva dṛṣṭigocarā bhavanti; dūre gateṣu teṣāṁ darśanaṁ na sambhavati. evaṁ-sthitau jñāna-vijñāna-tṛptaḥ parākrama-sampannaḥ tvad-vidhaḥ puruṣaḥ śokaṁ na karoti. alpam icchann acapalaḥ mṛdur dāntaḥ suniścitaḥ | brahmacaryopapannaś ca tvadvidho naiva śocati ||

Bhishma nói: Muôn vật chỉ trở nên thấy được khi có sự tiếp xúc; một khi đã đi xa, thì không thể còn thấy nữa. Trong cảnh ấy, người như ngươi—đã thỏa đầy bởi tri thức và minh biện, lại được trang bị dũng lực—không sa vào sầu muộn. Ngươi ham muốn ít, không bồng bột; hiền hòa, tự chế, kiên định trong quyết tâm, và an trú trong phạm hạnh (brahmacarya)—người như ngươi không nên than khóc.

अल्पम्little (thing/amount)
अल्पम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअल्प
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इच्छन्desiring
इच्छन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootइष्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
अचपलःnot fickle, steady
अचपलः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअचपल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मृदुःgentle, soft
मृदुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमृदु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दान्तःself-controlled, tamed
दान्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदान्त
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
सुनिश्चितःwell-resolved, firmly determined
सुनिश्चितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसुनिश्चित
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्मचर्योपपन्नःendowed with brahmacarya (continence)
ब्रह्मचर्योपपन्नः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootब्रह्मचर्य-उपपन्न
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
त्वद्विधःone like you
त्वद्विधः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootत्वद्विध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed, at all
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
शोचतिgrieves
शोचति:
TypeVerb
Rootशुच्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira (implied by tvadvidhaḥ, the addressee in Śānti Parva)

Educational Q&A

Perception and loss are conditioned by contact and distance; therefore grief over what has passed beyond reach is unwise. A disciplined person—content with knowledge, steady, self-restrained, and of few desires—should meet separation without lamentation.

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs the grieving Yudhiṣṭhira after the war. Here he consoles him by reframing loss as a natural consequence of separation and by praising Yudhiṣṭhira’s virtues (self-control, firmness, brahmacarya), urging him not to mourn.