For those who deserve no grief thou hast grieved, and words of wisdom thou speakest. For the living and for the dead the wise grieve not. Such people as Bhishma and Drona deserve no grief, for they are men of good conduct and are eternal in their real nature. You have grieved for them saying "I am the cause of their death; of what avail are pleasures of dominion and other things to me left alone without them?" And you also speak the words of wise men. Thus you exhibit inconsistency in yourself -- foolishness and wisdom -- like a maniac. For the wise (panditah) -- those who know the Self -- grieve neither for the living nor for the dead. They alone are wise who know the Self.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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• The Blessed Lord said
• those who should not be grieved for
• you have grieved / mourned
• you
• words of wisdom
• and
• you speak
• those whose life-breath has departed (the dead)
• those whose life-breath has not departed (the living)
• and
• do not grieve/mourn
• the wise (ones)