Shloka 78
व्यभजच्चापि संरम्भाद् दुःखवासं तथावसत् | पिता विशेष प्रयत्नपूर्वक पुत्रका मन रखते हैं। वे उनके क्रोधसे डरकर सारा धन पुत्रोंकोी बाँट देते हैं और स्वयं बड़े कष्टसे जीवन बिताते हैं || ७७ $ ।। अग्निदाहेन चोरैरवा राजभिर्वा हृतं धनम्
vyabhajac cāpi saṃrambhād duḥkhavāsaṃ tathāvasat | pitā viśeṣa-prayatna-pūrvakaṃ putrakā man rakhate haiṃ | te unke krodhase ḍarakara sārā dhana putroṃko bāṃṭa dete haiṃ aura svayaṃ baṛe kaṣṭase jīvana bitāte haiṃ || 77 || agnidāhena corair vā rājabhir vā hṛtaṃ dhanam ||
Śakra said: “Out of fear of their sons’ anger, fathers—after making special efforts for their children—often divide and hand over all their wealth, and then themselves live in hardship. And that wealth may also be lost—burned up by fire, stolen by thieves, or seized by kings.”
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth is unstable and can be lost through calamity, theft, or state power; therefore one should not cling to possessions or surrender one’s well-being out of fear, but act with discernment and dharma in family and property matters.
Indra (Śakra) describes a common worldly situation: fathers, fearing their sons’ anger, prematurely distribute all their wealth and then live in hardship; he adds that even such wealth is vulnerable to destruction by fire, theft, or confiscation by rulers.