Shloka 25
Vipula’s Yogic Protection of the Guru’s Household (विपुलस्य योगरक्षा / Vipulasya Yogarakṣā)
नाग्निस्तृप्यति काष्ठानां नापगानां महोदधि: । नानतकः सर्वभूतानां न पुंसां वामलोचना:
nāgnis tṛpyati kāṣṭhānāṁ nāpagānāṁ mahodadhiḥ | nāntakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ na puṁsāṁ vāmalocanāḥ ||
Dijo Bhīṣma: El fuego nunca se sacia con el combustible, ni el gran océano se sacia con los ríos que desembocan en él. Antaka (la Muerte), aun si apresara a todos los seres vivientes a la vez, tampoco quedaría satisfecho. Del mismo modo, las mujeres de ojos encantadores nunca se sacian de los hombres.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That some drives—especially craving and acquisitiveness—do not naturally end through indulgence; they intensify like fire fed by wood or the ocean receiving rivers. Therefore dharma emphasizes restraint (dama), discrimination (viveka), and moderation rather than feeding limitless desire.
Bhīṣma is delivering moral instruction in the Anuśāsana Parva, using vivid natural analogies (fire, ocean, death) to caution about insatiability and to guide conduct and self-governance.