Shloka 16
अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था
Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire
यः कामानाप्नुयात् सर्वान् यश्चैतान् केवलांस्त्यजेत् । प्रापणात् सर्वकामानां परित्यागो विशिष्यते
yaḥ kāmān āpnuyāt sarvān yaś caitān kevalāṁs tyajet | prāpaṇāt sarvakāmānāṁ parityāgo viśiṣyate ||
ビーシュマは言った。「人があらゆる欲望を得ようとも、あるいはそれらをことごとく捨て去ろうとも—この二つの道を比べれば、万の欲を満たすことより、欲を捨てることのほうが勝れている。『シャーンティ』の教えは、渇愛を満たすよりも渇愛を征することを、より高い勝利として讃える。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Renunciation (parityāga) of desires is ethically superior to the successful fulfillment of all desires, because freedom from craving is a higher good than the enjoyment produced by craving’s objects.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and inner discipline after the war; here he contrasts two life-paths—acquiring all desired things versus abandoning desire itself—and endorses renunciation as the better course.