Shloka 33
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
प्रजानाथ! बाणको धनुषसे छूटकर पृथ्वीपर गिरनेमें जितनी देर लगती है, उतना ही समय स्पर्शेन्द्रिय, रसना, नेत्र, नासिका और कानके विषयोंका सुख अनुभव करनेमें लगता है अर्थात् विषयोंका सुख क्षणिक है ।।
prajānātha! bāṇako dhanuṣaḥ chūṭakara pṛthvīpar giranemeṃ jitnī der lagtī hai, utnā hī samaya sparśendriya, rasanā, netra, nāsikā aura kānke viṣayoṃkā sukha anubhav karanemeṃ lagtā hai; arthāt viṣayoṃkā sukha kṣaṇika hai. tato 'sya jāyate tīvrā vedanā tatkṣayāt punaḥ. abudhā na praśaṃsanti mokṣa-sukham anuttamam.
パラーシャラは言った。「生きとし生けるものの主よ。触・味・色・香・声の対象から得られる快は、弓から放たれた矢が地に落ちるまでの時ほどしか続かぬ――感官の享楽とはかくも刹那である。その快が尽きると、失ったがゆえに心には鋭い苦痛がふたたび起こる。しかるに愚かなる者どもは、この短い歓びと後に続く苦悩の輪に幾度も灼かれながら、無上の解脱の楽（モークシャ）を讃えも求めもしない。」
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sense-pleasures are extremely short-lived; when they end, they leave behind renewed craving and sharp distress. Therefore, the wise should turn away from dependence on the senses and value the supreme, lasting happiness of mokṣa (liberation).
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, the sage Parāśara addresses a ‘lord of creatures’ and uses the image of an arrow’s brief flight to illustrate how quickly sensory enjoyment passes, contrasting it with the enduring bliss of liberation that the ignorant fail to seek.