Shloka 21
Durgātitaraṇa—Conduct for Crossing Difficulties (दुर्गातितरणम्)
ये क्रोधं संनियच्छन्ति क्रुद्धान्संशमयन्ति च । न च कुप्यन्ति भूतानां दुर्गाण्यतितरन्ति ते
ye krodhaṁ saṁniyacchanti kruddhān saṁśamayanti ca | na ca kupyanti bhūtānāṁ durgāṇy atitaranti te ||
能制伏自身之怒，能安抚盛怒之人，而对一切有情众生不生嗔恚者——此等之人，纵遇难以逾越之险难与危厄，亦能渡过。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Mastery over anger is presented as a practical dharmic power: restrain one’s own wrath, calm others who are enraged, and avoid hostility toward any creature; this inner discipline enables one to overcome even formidable dangers.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous conduct, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira (and the listening assembly) about virtues that sustain peace after war, highlighting anger-control and the ability to pacify conflict as marks of the wise.