Shloka 27
Adhyāya 180: Jīva, Śarīra, and the Fire Analogy (भृगु–भरद्वाज संवादः)
अनियतफलभक्ष्यभोज्यपेयं विधिपरिणामविभक्तदेशकालम् | हृदयसुखमसेवितं कदर्य- ब्रीतमिदमाजगरं शुचिश्नचरामि
bhīṣma uvāca | aniyata-phalabhakṣya-bhojya-peyaṁ vidhi-pariṇāma-vibhakta-deśa-kālam | hṛdaya-sukham asevitaṁ kadarya-vrītam idaṁ ājagaraṁ śuciśn carāmi |
ビーシュマは言った。「この『蟒蛇のごとき』誓いは我が心を安らがせる。そこには果実・食物・食事・飲み物について定まった取り決めはない。請わずして来るもの、それのみが身を支える。宿業の熟すに従い、住む場所と時は配される。欲境に貪る卑しき者はこれを行じない。清浄において、我はこの誓いを修する。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cultivate contentment and non-greed by accepting whatever comes without scheming for specific pleasures; live with purity and restraint, recognizing that circumstances of place and time unfold according to the maturation of destiny (karma).
Bhishma explains and praises the ājagara-vrata—an ascetic discipline likened to a python that remains still and lives on what arrives—stating that it is not followed by sense-driven people, while he himself observes it with inner purity.