Shloka 40
अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था
Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire
निर्वेदमहमासाद्य द्रव्यनाशाद् यदृच्छया । निर्वत्तिं परमां प्राप्प नाद्य कामान् विचिन्तये
nirvedam aham āsādya dravyanāśād yadṛcchayā | nirvṛttiṁ paramāṁ prāpya nādya kāmān vicintaye ||
ビーシュマは言った。「ひとえに偶然によって我が財は滅び、私は深い厭離と離欲に至った。至上の安らぎと満足を得た今、もはや快楽や感官の享楽を思い煩うことはない。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly wealth is unstable; when attachment to it breaks, one can awaken to nirveda (disenchantment) and attain nirvṛtti (inner cessation/peace). Ethical life is strengthened when the mind stops chasing kāma (sense-pleasures) and rests in contentment.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction within the Śānti Parva, he speaks in the first person to illustrate a moral insight: an unexpected loss of wealth became the occasion for dispassion, leading him to supreme tranquility and a resolve not to dwell on pleasures.