Shloka 14
Adhyāya 57: Tapas–Dāna Phala
On the Fruits of Austerity and Giving
कान्ताभिरपरांस्तत्र परिष्वक्तान् ददर्श ह | न ददर्श च तान् भूयो ददर्श च पुनर्नुप:
kāntābhir aparāṁs tatra pariṣvaktān dadarśa ha | na dadarśa ca tān bhūyo dadarśa ca punar nṛpaḥ |
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ທີ່ນັ້ນ ພະຣາຊາເຫັນຄົນອື່ນໆຖືກກອດກຸມໄວ້ໃນອ້ອມກອດຂອງນາງຜູ້ເປັນທີ່ຮັກ. ແຕ່ອີກຄັ້ງກໍບໍ່ເຫັນພວກເຂົາ; ແລ້ວກໍເຫັນອີກເທື່ອ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໃນແດນອັນອັດສະຈັນແຫ່ງຄວາມສຸກສະຫວັນນັ້ນ ການຮັບຮູ້ເອງກໍຫວ່າງໄຫວ—ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ຄວາມພໍໃຈແລະຄວາມຍຶດຕິດບໍ່ທົນທານ ແລະສິ່ງທີ່ສະແຫວງຫາດ້ວຍການເສບສຸກທາງອາຍະຕະນະ ບໍ່ອາດຖືກຄອບຄອງໄດ້ຢ່າງແນ່ນອນ.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when pleasure and companionship appear attainable, they are unstable and intermittently perceived; this underscores the unreliability of sense-based fulfillment and encourages restraint and detachment aligned with dharma.
Bhishma describes a king witnessing beings absorbed in embraces with their beloveds, but the vision flickers—sometimes visible, sometimes not—suggesting a wondrous or illusory realm where perception and enjoyment are not steady.