Shloka 17
आपद्धर्मे कोशबलन्यायः | Treasury, Force, and Crisis-Ethics for the King
दुर्लभ: स मया द्रष्टमाशा च महती मम । तया परीतगात्रो5हं मुमूर्षुर्नात्र संशय:
durlabhaḥ sa mayā dṛṣṭam āśā ca mahatī mama | tayā parītagātro ’haṃ mumūrṣur nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“纵然我再见他实属罕有，但在我心中已生起巨大的希望，盼能与他相逢。那希望攫住了我全身心。毫无疑问：为他之故，我甚至愿意接受死亡。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Intense aspiration toward a revered goal—especially the wish for the ‘darśana’ of a worthy person or ideal—can so fully possess the mind and body that one becomes willing to sacrifice even life; the verse highlights the ethical power of steadfast longing and single-pointed resolve.
Bhishma, speaking in the Shanti Parva, expresses that although seeing the person he longs for is difficult, his hope of meeting remains immense; that hope overwhelms him, and he declares himself ready to embrace death for the sake of that meeting.