Shloka 154
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
तदल्पसुखमत्यर्थ बहुदुःखमसारवत् । तृणाग्निज्वलनप्रख्यं फेनबुद्बुदसंनिभम्
tad alpasukham atyarthaṁ bahuduḥkham asāravat | tṛṇāgnijvalanaprakhyaṁ phenabudbudasaṁnibham ||
ビーシュマは言った。「その世の享楽は、得られる喜びはわずかで、苦しみは甚だ多い。空しく、確かな実体がない。乾いた草に火が移って一瞬燃え上がるようであり、泡や気泡のように、しばし現れては消え去る。」
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma teaches dispassion: sense-based or worldly enjoyments are fleeting and insubstantial, giving only small pleasure but leading to great suffering; therefore one should not cling to them and should cultivate restraint and higher aims (dharma and liberation).
In Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on right conduct and inner discipline, using vivid similes (grass-fire, foam, bubble) to show the transience and unreliability of worldly gratification.