Shloka 19
त्रिवर्गविचारः
Tri-varga Deliberation: Dharma, Artha, Kāma
अनिन्दितो हाुकामात्मा नाल्पेष्वर्थ्यनसूयक: । समुद्रकल्प: स नरो न कथंचन पूर्यते,इन्द्रिय और मनको वशमें रखनेवाले पुरुषकी कभी निन्दा नहीं होती। उसके मनमें कोई कामना नहीं होती। वह छोटी-छोटी वस्तुओंके लिये किसीके सामने हाथ नहीं फैलाता अथवा तुच्छ विषय-सुखोंकी अभिलाषा नहीं रखता, दूसरोंके दोष नहीं देखता। वह मनुष्य समुद्रके समान अगाध गाम्भीर्य धारण करता है। जैसे समुद्र अनन्त जलराशि पाकर भी भरता नहीं है, उसी प्रकार वह भी निरन्तर धर्मसंचयसे कभी तृप्त नहीं होता
anindito hi akāmatmā nālpeṣv arthy anasūyakaḥ | samudrakalpaḥ sa naro na kathaṃcana pūryate ||
Bhīṣma said: “The self-controlled man, whose inner being is free from craving, is not blamed. He does not stretch out his hand for petty gains, does not hanker after trivial sense-pleasures, and does not look for faults in others. Such a person bears a depth like the ocean; and just as the ocean is not filled even by vast waters, so too he is never satiated—ever continuing to accumulate dharma without complacency.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A truly disciplined person is free from craving, does not chase petty gains or trivial pleasures, and does not fault-find; such a person remains ever intent on increasing dharma, never becoming complacently 'full' of virtue.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct; here he describes the marks of a blameless, self-restrained person using the ocean as a metaphor for inexhaustible depth and continual growth in dharma.