Shloka 38
अहिंसा-प्रधान धर्मविचारः
Ahiṃsā as the Superior Dharma: Practical and Scriptural Reasoning
मृत्योर्ये ते व्याधय श्चाश्रुपाता मनुष्याणां रुज्यते यैः शरीरम् | सर्वेषां वै प्राणिनां प्राणनान्ते तस्माच्छोक॑ मा कृथा बुद्धय बुद्धया
mṛtyor ye te vyādhayaś cāśrupātā manuṣyāṇāṁ rujyate yaiḥ śarīram | sarveṣāṁ vai prāṇināṁ prāṇanānte tasmāc chokaṁ mā kṛthā budhya budhyā ||
毗湿摩说道：“死亡初临之时所落下的泪滴，化作诸般疾病——热病等——以此折磨人类之身。凡有情众生，待其所分配的寿命之气尽时，死亡必来相就。故而，王者啊，莫为汝子悲恸；当以明净之慧洞察此理。”
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief should be restrained through discernment: death is inevitable and comes to all beings only when their allotted lifespan ends; understanding this reduces attachment-driven sorrow.
Bhīṣma instructs and consoles a grieving king, explaining the universality of death and the origin of bodily afflictions, urging him not to mourn his son but to reflect wisely.