Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154
प्रज्ञाविज्ञानयुक्तेन बुद्धिसंज्ञाप्रदायिना । वचन श्राविता नून॑ मानुषा: संनिवर्तत । शोको द्विगुणतां याति दृष्टवा स्मृत्वा च चेष्टितम्
jambuka uvāca | prajñāvijñānayuktena buddhisaṃjñāpradāyinā | vacanaṃ śrāvitā nūnaṃ mānuṣāḥ saṃnivartata | śoko dviguṇatāṃ yāti dṛṣṭvā smṛtvā ca ceṣṭitam |
贾姆布卡说道:“我具足慧与智,亦能启迪他人;我确已令你们听闻许多旨在唤起辨别之言。如今,众人啊,回头去吧。因为一旦看见亡亲的尸身,又追忆他昔日的行止与作为,悲痛便会加倍。”
जम्बुक उवाच
Grief intensifies through repeated sensory contact and mental replay: seeing the dead body and remembering the person’s past conduct makes sorrow grow. Therefore one should withdraw from stimuli that inflame lamentation and cultivate discriminative understanding (buddhi/prajñā) to steady the mind.
Jambuka addresses people who are mourning. After giving them instruction intended to awaken discernment, he urges them to return/withdraw, warning that remaining near the corpse and repeatedly recalling the deceased will only double their grief.