Shloka 59
आशगया संचितं द्रव्यं कालेनैवोपभुज्यते । अन््ये चैतत् प्रपद्यन्ते वियोगे तस्य देहिन:
āśayā saṃcitaṃ dravyaṃ kālenaivopabhujyate | anye caitat prapadyante viyoge tasya dehinaḥ ||
Bhīṣma dit : La richesse amassée sous l’envoûtement de l’espérance est, en vérité, dévorée par le Temps seul. Quand l’être incarné se sépare de son corps, cette richesse passe aux mains d’autrui—révélant la vanité de la possession et l’urgence d’un juste usage des biens tant que l’on vit.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hoarded wealth does not truly belong to the hoarder: Time inevitably consumes it, and after death it goes to others. Therefore one should restrain greed and use wealth righteously while alive—through dharmic living, generosity, and purposeful expenditure.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction (Anuśāsana Parva), he offers a reflective maxim on the fate of accumulated riches: what is gathered with hopeful attachment is ultimately taken over by Time, and once the person dies, others inherit or seize the property.