Shloka 19
अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था
Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire
यदि नाहं विनाश्यस्ते यद्येवं रमसे मया । मा मां योजय लोभेन वृथा त्वं वित्तकामुक,“ओ धनकी कामनावाले मन! यदि तुझे मेरा विनाश नहीं करना है, यदि तू इसी प्रकार मेरे साथ आनन्दपूर्वक रहना चाहता है तो मुझे व्यर्थ लोभमें न फँसा
yadi nāhaṃ vināśyas te yad evaṃ ramase mayā | mā māṃ yojaya lobhena vṛthā tvaṃ vittakāmuka ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Jika engkau tidak menghendaki kehancuranku—jika engkau sungguh ingin tinggal bersamaku demikian, dalam rasa cukup—maka janganlah engkau memasangkan aku pada kuk keserakahan dengan sia-sia, wahai batin yang mendamba harta.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches vigilance against lobha (greed): if the mind seeks genuine well-being and inner peace, it must not drag the person into fruitless craving for wealth, which leads to spiritual and ethical ruin.
In the didactic setting of the Shanti Parva, Bhishma speaks in a reflective, admonitory tone, addressing the mind directly as ‘wealth-craving,’ warning it not to bind him to greed if it truly wishes to remain in harmonious companionship.