Shloka 46
Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession
(अन्यत्रोपनता हापत् पुरुषं तोषयत्युत । तेन शान्तिं न लभते नाहमेवेति कारणात् ।।
anyatropanatā hāpat puruṣaṃ toṣayaty uta | tena śāntiṃ na labhate nāham eveti kāraṇāt || anyeṣām api naśyanti suhṛdaś ca dhanāni ca | paśya buddhyā manuṣyāṇāṃ rājan āpadam ātmanaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“灾祸落在他人身上，竟也能使愚人得一丝满足——因为他想：‘受难的不是我。’然而正因这种分别与比较之见，他永不得安宁。大王啊，他人的财富与挚友亦会毁散；故当以清明之智省察，知你自身的逆境，与世间众人的逆境同一性质。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Taking comfort in another’s misfortune (‘it is not happening to me’) is a mark of delusion and becomes an obstacle to peace. True calm arises from discernment that adversity is a common human condition, which fosters humility and compassion rather than comparison.
In the Shanti Parva instruction, Bhishma counsels the grieving king (Yudhishthira) to reflect wisely on suffering: others too lose wealth and loved ones, so one should view one’s own calamity as part of the shared lot of humanity and thereby steady the mind.