Shloka 59
Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
त्यज्यतामेष निस्तेजा: शून्य: काछ्ठत्वमागत: । अन्यदेहविषक्त हि शावं काषछठत्वमागतम्
tyajyatām eṣa nistejāḥ śūnyaḥ kāṣṭhatvam āgataḥ | anyadeha-viṣaktaḥ hi śavaṁ kāṣṭhatvam āgatam ||
豺狼说道：“放下他吧。光彩已尽，生命已空，他已如一段枯木。因为有情之我早已系著于另一具身躯；此尸不过木料而已。你们为何不离去，将他留在此处？你们的眷恋毫无意义，这般劳作也不会结出果报。”
जम्बुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse urges discernment and detachment at death: once life has departed, the body is inert like wood. Clinging to the corpse out of affection is portrayed as fruitless, while the jīva is understood to move on toward another embodiment.
Jambuka addresses mourners who are attached to a dead child’s body, instructing them to abandon the corpse and stop exhausting themselves in grief, emphasizing that the living principle has already departed and their continued attachment cannot restore life.