Bhishma was blessed of choosing the moment of his death. He could live on the earth as long as he desired. He had got the knowledge of political science and other subjects from Brihaspati, the guru of the gods (Devas), and Sukracharya, the guru of demons(Asuras). He learnt Vedas and other scriptures from the sage Vasishtha. Sage Markandeya was his spiritual guru.
On the persuasion of his mother goddess Ganga, Parashuram taught him martial arts, military science and the skills of other weapons. There was no answer of the prowess of his archery at that time.
Parashuram alone had defeated all the Kshatriya on the earth for 21 times. In order to safeguard his promise and principles, Bhishma had to fight against his Guru, Parashuram. Bhishma was that one Kshatriya on the earth who got the privilege of defeating the invincible Parashuram.
He had unparalleled power, vigour and valiance. In all the aspects, he was exceptionally amazing. He always wanted to see Hastinapur and Kuru dynasty flourishing.
All the experience, knowledge, skill, prowess and long life of Bhishma could not stop the war between cousin brothers Kauravas and Pandavas. He could not change the destiny of Hastinapur.
In order to make Hastinapur a better kingdom, he kept postponing his death, but failed miserably in protecting the Kuru dynasty from the destruction. His desire of making the Kuru dynasty an ideal kingdom was not fulfilled. In the front of his eyes, the Kuru dynasty drown in the deep mire of dilapidation.
He considered himself a great by keeping the vow of celibacy and not becoming the king of Hastinapur. In the absence of a worthy king, the kingdom went in the hand of those people who were filled with lust, greed, domination and selfishness. A dominating and debauchery king cannot make his kingdom flourishing.
If Bhisma would have become a king, there would be a different destiny of Hastinapur. But he ended with working under Kauravas, who had chosen an unrighteous path. He kept advising the Kauravas for the right and wrong for the kingdom, but his advice was not listened and valued.
No matter how talented and skilled you are, if you are not holding the position what you deserve, you would not be valued and respected. You would be underestimated, humiliated, scoffed and shown low by the people who are in power.
The non-eligible people come into power and rule when the eligible people deny to come into power due to certain conditions like Bhisma. They have skill, knowledge, talent, understanding and care for the nation, but could not do anything, because they are compelled to work on the dictation of less qualified people than them.
We can bequeath our earned property and wealth to the coming generation, but not our wisdom and knowledge. It is acquired by the self-effort. The same happened with Bhisma.
As we grow older, we keep thinking of the coming generation and their well-being. We think that this world would stop working without us. In that anxiety, we do not want to sacrifice our mortal body even at the right time. Without enquiring whether this world and generation need us or not, we want to have the blessings of a long life.
After a certain age, even nature does not want you to exist on the earth and then we do not support our generation, rather, mostly we create problems for them by imposing our decision and desire on them, which may not be appropriate in the current scenarios.
The experience can be shared with the next generation, but its implementation cannot be guaranteed. Any long life or skill or knowledge cannot change the future of the coming generation, if they are reluctant to listen to you. In the contrast, if your generation is well mannered and educated, they can create their own fortune, for them, you need not to live long to guide what to do and what not.
Even Bhisma`s long life could not save the Kuru dynasty, what to talk about other mortals.
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