Shloka 25
Śānti-parva 168: Śoka-nivṛtti-buddhi (The Cognition that Reduces Grief) and Piṅgalā’s Nairāśya
अनर्थस्य न कामो<स्ति तथार्थो5धर्मिण: कुत: । तस्मादुद्धिजते लोको धर्मार्थाद् यो बहिष्कृत:
anarthasya na kāmo 'sti tathārtho 'dharmiṇaḥ kutaḥ | tasmād udvijate loko dharmārthād yo bahiṣkṛtaḥ ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ທີ່ຂາດຊັບສິນ ຍ່ອມບໍ່ອາດໃຫ້ກາມະ (ຄວາມປາຖະໜາ) ສໍາເລັດ; ແລະຜູ້ບໍ່ຊອບທັມ ຊັບສິນຈະມີໄດ້ແນວໃດ? ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໂລກຈຶ່ງຫວາດຫວັ່ນ ແລະລະວັງຕົວຕໍ່ຜູ້ທີ່ຖືກຕັດຂາດຈາກຄວາມຮັ່ງມີອັນຊອບທັມ—ຜູ້ທີ່ບໍ່ມີທາງຫາກິນອີງທັມມະ».
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire (kāma) depends on means (artha), but artha that is stable and socially acceptable depends on dharma. A person cut off from dharma-grounded prosperity becomes a source of anxiety for society, because lack of righteous means tends to produce insecurity, mistrust, and harmful conduct.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on governance and ethics, Vaiśampāyana narrates a general moral principle: poverty frustrates desires, and unrighteousness undermines the acquisition of legitimate wealth; consequently, society feels disturbed by one who lacks dharma-based livelihood.