Shloka 31
प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence
Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue
सो5हं हाहिंस्र: सत्यार्थी कामक्रोधबहिष्कृत: । समदुःखसुख: क्षेमी मृत्युं हास्याम्यमर्त्यवत्
so 'haṃ hiāhiṃsraḥ satyārthī kāmakrodhabahiṣkṛtaḥ | samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣemī mṛtyuṃ hāsyāmy amartyavat ||
毗湿摩说道：“因此我将远离暴害，求索真实；将欲望与嗔怒从心中驱逐；在忧与乐中保持平等之心；并成为众生福祉之源。如此，我将如不死者一般，超越对死亡的恐惧。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a disciplined ethical program: renounce violence, pursue truth, remove desire and anger, cultivate equanimity toward pleasure and pain, and act for the welfare of all—thereby transcending the fear of death.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on dharma and inner discipline. Here he articulates a personal resolve (a vow-like commitment) to adopt non-violence, truth-seeking, self-mastery, and beneficence as the path to fearlessness and spiritual elevation.