Shloka 23
चिरकारि-उपाख्यानम् / The Exemplum of Cirakārī: Deliberation Before Irreversible Action
अतिरिक्तैः संविभजेद् भोगैरन्यानकिंचनान् । एतस्मात् कारणादू धात्रा कुसीदं सम्प्रवर्तितम्
atiriktaiḥ saṃvibhajed bhogair anyān akiñcanān | etasmāt kāraṇād ū dhātrā kusīdaṃ sampravartitam ||
ビーシュマは言った。「己に余る享楽と資財をもって、何も持たぬ者に分かち与えるべきである。このゆえにこそ、王よ、創造主は利息を伴う貸借の慣行を世に起こした—財が巡り、困窮する者が扶けられ、見捨てられぬためである。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Surplus wealth and comforts should be shared with the destitute; economic practices like interest-bearing loans are framed as instruments meant to keep wealth circulating and to prevent the needy from being abandoned.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, Bhīṣma teaches the king about ethical use of wealth, urging redistribution of excess and explaining the social rationale behind the institution of kusīda (interest-bearing lending).