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 ||
ວະຍາສະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຜູ້ມີປັນຍາຂ້າມແມ່ນ້ຳທີ່ຕົມຂອງມັນແມ່ນຄວາມໂກດ ແລະກະແສຂອງມັນຕ້ານທານໄດ້ຍາກ. ເຂົາພຶງເຫັນໄວ້ໃນໃຈຢູ່ເສມອວ່າ ‘ເວລາ’—ຜູ້ພ້ອມຈະຈົມຕີຢູ່ທຸກເວລາ—ບໍ່ເຄີຍຢຸດທີ່ຈະໂຍນສັດທັງຫຼາຍໃຫ້ຕົກໃນຄວາມຫຼົງລຶກ».
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.