Shloka 56
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय २५: संजयदूतवाक्यम्
Sañjaya’s Envoy-Speech on Peace
कामार्थलाभेन तथैव भूयो न तृप्यते सर्पिषेवाग्निरिद्ध: । विषयोंका चिन्तन अपने शरीरको पीड़ा देता है। जो विषय-चिन्तनसे सर्वथा मुक्त है
kāmārthalābhena tathaiva bhūyo na tṛpyate sarpiṣevāgniriddhaḥ |
Dijo Sañjaya: «Aun después de obtener riquezas y objetos del deseo, el hombre no queda satisfecho; antes bien, el ansia crece todavía más, como un fuego encendido que, al ser alimentado con ghee, se aviva en lugar de apagarse. Así, el goce y la adquisición no ponen fin a la sed: la intensifican, y la mente permanece sin plenitud».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sense-enjoyment and material gain do not extinguish craving; they fuel it. True relief from suffering comes from freedom from obsessive sense-oriented thinking and the cultivation of contentment and restraint.
In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-oriented context, Sañjaya conveys a moral reflection to the royal audience: the pursuit of kāma and artha tends to intensify desire, illustrated by the image of a blazing fire that grows stronger when ghee is poured into it.