Shloka 19
चिरकारि-उपाख्यानम् / The Exemplum of Cirakārī: Deliberation Before Irreversible Action
यदा नियतिकार्पण्यमथैषामेव रोचते । न हात्यन्तं धनवन्तो भवन्ति सुखिनो5पि वा
yadā niyati-kārpaṇyam athaiṣām eva rocate | na hi atyantaṃ dhanavanto bhavanti sukhino 'pi vā |
Bhīṣma dit : «Lorsque la pauvreté, suscitée par le destin, devient leur propre condition vécue, c’est cette même manière de voir qui leur plaît. Car nul ne demeure entièrement riche, et nul ne demeure parfaitement heureux. Aussi ne faut-il pas s’enorgueillir de la richesse.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth and happiness are unstable; since fate can reduce anyone to hardship, one should abandon arrogance based on riches and cultivate humility and dharmic conduct.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction during the Śānti Parva, he reflects on how people endorse moral restraint especially when they themselves experience misfortune, emphasizing the universal impermanence of prosperity.