Shloka 18
Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda
सुप्तं व्याघ्रं महौघो वा मृत्युरादाय गच्छति । धर्माचरण करनेसे इस लोकमें प्रसन्नता प्राप्त होती है और मृत्युके पश्चात् परलोकमें अक्षय सुखकी प्राप्ति होती है। जिसपर मोहका आवेश होता है
suptaṁ vyāghraṁ mahaugho vā mṛtyur ādāya gacchati | sañcinvānakam evainaṁ kāmānām avitṛptakam ||
ビーシュマは言った。「大河の激流が、岸辺で眠る虎をもさらい去るように、死もまた人を捕らえて連れ去る。迷妄に圧される者は、妻子のために尽きぬ労苦に絡め取られ、なすべきことも、なすべからざることも行って彼らを満足させようとする。たとえ子と家畜を得ていても、心がなおそれらに執着し、欲が満たされぬなら、死は不意に来て彼を奪う—洪水が不覚の者を押し流すがごとく。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma warns that attachment and insatiable desire keep a person busy with worldly obligations and compromises, but Death can arrive at any moment and carry him away. Therefore one should practice dharma and cultivate detachment rather than living in delusion and endless accumulation.
In the Śānti Parva instruction, Bhīṣma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira on ethical living: he contrasts the peace gained by dharma with the restless life of one driven by moha, illustrating mortality through the image of a sleeping tiger swept away by a sudden flood.