Shloka 10
Adhyāya 179 — Bharadvāja’s Reductionist Inquiry into Jīva and Pañcabhūta Dissolution
गृहारम्भो हि दुःखाय न सुखाय कदाचन । सर्प: परकृतं वेश्म प्रविश्य सुखमेधते
gṛhārambho hi duḥkhāya na sukhāya kadācana | sarpaḥ parakṛtaṃ veśma praviśya sukham edhate ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ການລົງມືສ້າງເຮືອນ ແລະຮັກສາຄອບຄົວ ແທ້ຈິງແມ່ນເຫດໃຫ້ເກີດທຸກຂ໌ ບໍ່ແມ່ນເຫດໃຫ້ໄດ້ສຸກອັນຍືນຍາວ. ຈົ່ງເບິ່ງງູ: ມັນເຂົ້າໄປຢູ່ໃນທີ່ຢູ່ທີ່ຜູ້ອື່ນສ້າງໄວ້ ແລະຢູ່ຢ່າງສະບາຍ. ດ້ວຍອຸປະມານີ້ ພີສະມະຍົກຍ້ອງຄວາມບໍ່ຍຶດຕິດ ແລະອິດສະລະຈາກພາລະຂອງການຄອບຄອງ ໂດຍໃຫ້ງູເປັນ ‘ຄູ’ ຂອງການຢູ່ໂດຍບໍ່ຫວັງຄອບຄອງ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that attachment to building and owning a home brings ongoing trouble and anxiety, whereas freedom from possessiveness—living lightly without ‘mine-ness’—supports peace. The snake exemplifies using what is available without the burden of acquisition.
In Bhishma’s instruction during the Shanti Parva, he uses a brief analogy: a snake comfortably occupies a dwelling made by others. The point is to counsel a life of minimal entanglement and to discourage obsession with house-building and property.