Shloka 11
Gṛhastha-vṛtti and Niyama: Models of Householder Livelihood and Discipline (गृहस्थवृत्ति-नियमाः)
ज्ञानागमेन कर्माणि कुर्वन् कर्मसु सिध्यति | पज्चेन्द्रियजलां घोरां लोभकूलां सुदुस्तराम्
jñānāgamena karmāṇi kurvan karmasu sidhyati | pañcendriyajalāṃ ghorāṃ lobhakūlāṃ sudustarām | krodhapaṅkāṃ durākrāntāṃ vegāṃ durniyamāṃ nadīm | buddhimān tarati tāṃ nityaṃ kālaṃ paśyann upasthitam ||
ヴィヤーサは言った。「真の知に照らされて行為する者は、行為において成就を得る。この世の生は恐るべき河のごとし。水は五つの感官、岸は貪欲、そして内なる泥は怒りである。渡ることはきわめて難しく、その奔流を抑えることはほとんど不可能である。されど賢者はこれを渡り切る。つねに警醒して、時（カーラ）—常に打ちかかる用意をするもの—が衆生を深い迷妄に沈めんと待ち構えていることを忘れぬ。」
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions become truly successful when guided by knowledge and discernment. The senses, greed, and anger create a powerful current that drags one into delusion, but wisdom and vigilance—especially awareness of Time’s inevitability—enable one to cross beyond worldly entanglement.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on conduct and liberation, Vyāsa delivers a moral-psychological teaching using a river metaphor: saṃsāra is perilous, driven by the senses and passions, and only the wise who remain alert to the approach of Time can overcome it.