Shloka 20
मृत्यु-काल-प्रबोधनम् (Instruction on Mortality, Time, and Truth) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 169
यथाशक्ति समाचारा: सम्प्रतुष्यन्ति हि प्रभो । नास्थाने क्रोधवन्तश्न न चाकस्माद् विरागिण: । विरक्ताश्न न दुष्यन्ति मनसाप्यर्थकोविदा:
yathāśakti samācārāḥ sampratuṣyanti hi prabho | nāsthāne krodhavantaś ca na cākasmād virāgiṇaḥ | viraktāś ca na duṣyanti manasāpy arthakovidāḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“主上啊，人若依自身能力而行其道，便能知足。智者不无故发怒，也不骤然冷淡。那些超然不执、洞明利害之人，连在心念之中也不致堕入过失。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Right conduct should be practiced in proportion to one’s capacity; true wisdom shows itself as restraint—no misplaced anger, no sudden fickle dispassion—and genuine detachment keeps even the mind from moral taint.
In the Shanti Parva instruction, Bhishma continues advising the king on ethical governance and personal discipline, emphasizing measured practice, emotional regulation, and the inner (mental) dimension of righteousness.