Shloka 45
Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī
एवमर्थरनर्थश्व दु:खिता: सर्वजन्तव: । आगमैरपकृष्यन्ते हस्तिपैहस्तिनो यथा
evam artha-anarthau ca duḥkhitāḥ sarva-jantavaḥ | āgamair apakṛṣyante hastipair hastino yathā ||
ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ສັດມີຊີວິດທັງປວງຍ່ອມຖືກຄວາມທຸກທ້ອນດ້ວຍທັງການໄດ້ມາ ແລະ ການສູນເສຍ. ມີແຕ່ຄໍາສອນອັນມີອໍານາດຂອງຄໍາພີ (ອາຄະມ) ທີ່ດຶງເຂົາໃຫ້ກັບຄືນສູ່ເສັ້ນທາງທີ່ຖືກ—ເຫມືອນຄົນຄຸມຊ້າງໃຊ້ຂໍຊ້າງຄວບຄຸມ ແລະ ນໍາທາງຊ້າງ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Beings are tossed between gain and loss and therefore suffer; reliable scriptural guidance (āgama) functions as a corrective force that restrains and redirects them toward dharma, like a mahout controlling an elephant.
Bhīṣma continues his instruction in the Śānti Parva, using a vivid simile: as elephants are kept in check by elephant-drivers, so people—disturbed by worldly outcomes—are brought back to the right course by authoritative teachings.