'Fortitude is of the greatest good, O king, for one who has been deprived of sons and wives and pleasures of every sort and wealth, and who has been plunged into dire distress. The body is never emaciated of one who is always endued with fortitude.
भीष्म उवाच पुत्रदारैः सुखैश्चैव वियुक्तस्य धनेन वा। मग्नस्य व्यसने कृच्छ्रे धृतिः श्रेयस्करी नृप॥ धैर्येण युक्तस्य सत: शरीरं न विशीर्यते।