Shloka 12
Gṛhastha-vṛtti and Niyama: Models of Householder Livelihood and Discipline (गृहस्थवृत्ति-नियमाः)
मन्युपड्कामनाधृष्यां नदीं तरति बुद्धिमान । कालमभ्युद्यतं पश्येन्नित्यमत्यन्तमोहनम्
manyupaṅkām anādhṛṣyāṁ nadīṁ tarati buddhimān | kālam abhyudyataṁ paśyen nityam atyantamohanam ||
វ្យាសៈ «អ្នកប្រាជ្ញឆ្លងកាត់ទន្លេដែលគក់ភក់របស់វាគឺកំហឹង ហើយចរន្តរបស់វាលំបាកទប់ទល់។ គាត់គួររក្សាទស្សនៈនេះជានិច្ចថា ‘កាល’—ដែលត្រៀមវាយប្រហារជានិច្ច—មិនឈប់ឈរនាំសត្វលោកឲ្យធ្លាក់ក្នុងមោហៈយ៉ាងជ្រាលជ្រៅ»។
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Anger is portrayed as the mire that traps beings in the dangerous river of worldly existence; only discernment and steady vigilance enable one to cross. One must also remember that Time/Death is always advancing, so delay in ethical discipline is perilous.
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa delivers a compact moral instruction using a metaphor: saṁsāra is a formidable river, anger its mud, and Time an ever-ready assailant. The verse urges constant awareness and inner mastery rather than complacency.