Shloka 28
Adhyāya 180: Jīva, Śarīra, and the Fire Analogy (भृगु–भरद्वाज संवादः)
इदमिदमिति तृष्णयाभि भूत॑ जनमनवाप्तधनं विषीदमानम् | निपुणमनुनिशम्य तत्त्वबुद्धया व्रतमिदमाजगरं शुचिश्षरामि
idam idam iti tṛṣṇayābhibhūtaṁ janam anavāptadhanaṁ viṣīdamānam | nipuṇam anu-niśamya tattvabuddhyā vratam idam ājagaraṁ śuciḥ śarāmi ||
Bhishma dit : « Les hommes, accablés par la soif du désir, ne cessent de penser : “Que ceci soit à moi, que cela soit à moi.” Quand la richesse n’est pas obtenue, ils s’abîment dans un abattement incessant. Ayant observé attentivement leur état avec une intelligence qui pénètre le réel, moi, l’esprit purifié, j’entreprends ce vœu “à la façon du python” : vivre sans poursuite fébrile et accueillir ce qui vient. »
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Craving for acquisition (‘this, this’) leads to repeated disappointment and sorrow; therefore one should cultivate truth-based discernment and practice contented non-striving—accepting what comes without anxious pursuit (ājagara-vrata).
Bhishma, instructing on dharma in the Shanti Parva, describes how he has observed people tormented by desire and dejection over wealth, and he declares his own resolve to follow the disciplined, purified life of the ājagara-vrata.