Shloka 646
ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana
River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor
एवं स्वराज्यनाशे त्वं शोक॑ सम्प्रसहिष्यसि । तुम काम-भोगकी इच्छाको छोड़ो और राजलक्ष्मीके इस मदको त्याग दो। इस दशामें यदि तुम्हारे राज्यका नाश हो जाय तो तुम उस शोकको सह सकोगे
evaṁ svarājya-nāśe tvaṁ śokaṁ samprasahiṣyasi |
毗湿摩说道：“如此一来，即便你的自家王权毁灭，你也能承受那份悲痛。因此，当舍弃对欲乐享受的贪求，弃绝由王者福运所生的醉傲；在这样的心境中，纵然国土覆亡，你也有能力忍受哀伤。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches that resilience in calamity comes from inner renunciation: give up craving for sense-pleasures and the pride/intoxication of royal prosperity, so that even the loss of sovereignty can be borne without being shattered.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing the listener on righteous conduct and the mindset of a ruler. Here he warns against attachment to enjoyment and the arrogance of power, framing them as causes of unbearable grief when fortune reverses.