Shloka 19
प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence
Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue
संचिन्वानकमेवैनं कामानामवितृप्तकम् । व्यात्र: पशुमिवादाय मृत्युरादाय गच्छति
sañcinvānakam evainaṃ kāmānām atṛptakam | vyāghraḥ paśum ivādāya mṛtyur ādāya gacchati ||
जो मनुष्य निरन्तर संचय करता रहता है और कामनाओं से तृप्त नहीं होता, उसे मृत्यु बाघ के समान पशु को उठा ले जाने की तरह उठा ले जाती है।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person who keeps accumulating and remains insatiable in desires is still helpless before mortality; death can seize such a person suddenly, so one should restrain craving and cultivate detachment and preparedness for life’s end.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he uses a vivid simile: just as a tiger snatches an animal, Death snatches away the insatiable hoarder—underscoring the futility of endless acquisition.