Shloka 3
Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha
तद्धद् गोडश्वमनुष्येषु तद्धद्धस्तिमृगादिषु । तद्धत् कीटपतड्लेषु प्रसक्तात्मा स्वकर्मभि:
taddhad goḍaśvamanūṣyeṣu taddhaddhastimṛgādiṣu | taddhat kīṭapataṅgeṣu prasaktātmā svakarmabhiḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。同じ（生命を宿す原理）は牛・馬・人にあり、同じものは象・鹿などの諸生類にもあり、また虫や昆虫にもある。されど、身を受けた者はそれぞれ自らの業に縛られ、なお執着している—心は、業が割り当てた特定の働きと生の様式に没入しているのだ。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma emphasizes the sameness of the inner principle across all living beings, while explaining that differences in behavior and life-condition arise from attachment shaped by one’s own karma.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation-oriented insight, Bhīṣma continues a reflective teaching: he points to the shared essence in creatures from humans to insects, then notes how karmic tendencies keep each being absorbed in its particular actions.