Shloka 89
Sarasvatī–Tārkṣya Saṃvāda: Agnihotra-vidhi, Dāna-phala, and Mokṣa-prasaṅga (सरस्वती–तार्क्ष्यसंवादः)
धनानि येषां विपुलानि सन्ति नित्यं रमन्ते सुविभूषिताड्गा: । तेषामयं शत्रुवरघ्न लोको नासौ सदा देहसुखे रतानाम्,जिनके पास बहुत धन होता है, वे अपने शरीरको हर तरहसे सजाकर नित्य विषयोंमें रमण करते अर्थात् विषय-सुख भोगते हैं। शुत्रुसूदन! सदा अपने शरीरके ही सुखमें आसक्त हुए उन मनुष्योंको केवल इसी लोकमें सुख मिलता है, परलोकमें उनके लिये सुखका सर्वथा अभाव है
dhanāni yeṣāṁ vipulāni santi nityaṁ ramante suvibhūṣitāṅgāḥ | teṣām ayaṁ śatruvaraghna loko nāsau sadā dehasukhe ratānām ||
Markandeya said: “Those who possess abundant wealth, adorning their bodies in every way, continually delight in sense-objects and live for enjoyment. O slayer of the best of foes, for people who are ever devoted to bodily pleasure, happiness belongs only to this world; in the other world there is no happiness for them at all.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment to bodily pleasure and sense-enjoyment yields only transient, worldly satisfaction; it does not secure well-being in the afterlife. The verse urges a dharmic orientation beyond mere adornment, luxury, and indulgence.
Mārkaṇḍeya addresses the king (invoked as “śatruvaraghna”), offering moral instruction: he contrasts the lifestyle of the wealthy who constantly pursue pleasures with the spiritual consequence that such pleasure-centered living brings no happiness in the next world.