Shloka 6
नारद-समङ्ग-संवादः — The Nārada–Samaṅga Dialogue on Fearlessness and Equanimity
यच्च कामसुखं लोके यच्च दिव्यं महत्सुखम् । तृष्णाक्षयसुखस्यैते नाहत: षोडशीं कलाम्
yac ca kāmasukhaṁ loke yac ca divyaṁ mahatsukham | tṛṣṇākṣayasukhasyaite nāhataḥ ṣoḍaśīṁ kalām ||
ビーシュマは言った。「この世において欲望から生じるいかなる快楽も、また天界にある神々の大いなる歓喜も――そのいずれも、渇愛が尽きることから生まれる安楽の十六分の一にすら及ばない。明らかに見通す賢者は、豊かで洗練された享楽でさえ苦と結びついていると知るが、無知な者は取るに足らぬ感官の対象にさえ絶えず惑わされる。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sensual pleasure (kāma-sukha) and even heavenly pleasure are insignificant compared to the peace and joy that arise when craving is extinguished; true well-being is rooted in inner freedom rather than in objects of enjoyment.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and the path to peace, Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira by contrasting worldly and heavenly enjoyments with the superior happiness of desirelessness, urging a turn toward self-control and inner liberation.