Shloka 27
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
चिरं मुज्चत बाष्पं च चिरं स्नेहेन पश्यत । एवंविधानि हीष्टानि दुस्त्यजानि विशेषत:
ciraṁ muñcata bāṣpaṁ ca ciraṁ snehena paśyata | evaṁvidhāni hīṣṭāni dustyajāni viśeṣataḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“让你的泪水长久流淌；也让你以被慈爱柔化的目光长久凝望他。因为如此可爱之人——尤其是这般挚爱的孩子——实在难以割舍。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma acknowledges the natural force of familial affection: when the beloved—especially one’s own child—must be left behind (through separation or death), it is profoundly difficult. The verse validates grief while implicitly pointing to the ethical need to understand attachment as a powerful bond that must eventually be faced with discernment.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma speaks in a consoling, realistic tone about separation from loved ones. He urges the listener(s) to weep and to look with affection for a time, emphasizing how hard it is to part from those who are most dear.