Shloka 48
Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession
इन्द्रियोंको संयममें रखो, मनको वशमें करो और वाणीका संयम करके मौन रहा करो। ये मन, वाणी और इन्द्रियाँ दुर्बल हों या अहितकारक, इन्हें विषयोंकी ओर जानेसे रोकनेवाला अपने सिवा दूसरा कोई नहीं है ।।
prāptisṛṣṭeṣu bhāveṣu vyapakṛṣṭeṣv asambhave | prajñānatṛpto vikrāntas tvadvidho nānuśocati ||
毗湿摩说道：当摄持诸根，降伏其心，又当约束言语，安住于默然。心、语与诸根——若其羸弱或为害——能阻止它们趋向境界者，除自己之外别无他人。诸事之果报随其因缘而现——或得或失，或可成或不可成——如你这般以智慧为足、以勇毅为定的人，不会沉溺于忧悲。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A wise and courageous person does not lament over outcomes that arise according to circumstance—gain or loss, possibility or impossibility—because inner satisfaction comes from discernment and self-mastery rather than external results.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma is advising the listener (Yudhishthira in context) on ethical steadiness after catastrophe: restrain senses, mind, and speech, and face inevitable outcomes without grief.