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 ||
毗湿摩说道：万物唯在相接触时方可见；一旦远离，便不可复睹。处此情状，如你这般以知识与明辨为足、又具勇武之人，不会屈于忧悲。你所欲甚少，不轻躁；性情柔和而能自制，志向坚定，并安住于梵行（brahmacarya）；故你这等人不当哀恸。
भीष्म उवाच
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.