Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 7
नारद-समङ्ग-संवादः — The Nārada–Samaṅga Dialogue on Fearlessness and Equanimity
यथैव श्ज् गो: काले वर्धमानस्य वर्धते । तथैव तृष्णा वित्तेन वर्धमानेन वर्धते
yathaiva śṛṅgaṃ goḥ kāle vardhamānasya vardhate | tathaiva tṛṣṇā vittena vardhamānena vardhate ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ເຫມືອນຂອງງົວທີ່ເຕີບໃຫຍ່ຕາມເວລາ ແລະ ເຂົາຂອງມັນກໍເຕີບໄປພ້ອມກັນ, ຕັນຫາກໍເຕີບຕາມຊັບສິນເມື່ອມັນເພີ່ມພູນ. ຄໍາສອນຄື: ການສະສົມບໍ່ໄດ້ນໍາຄວາມພໍໃຈມາໂດຍທໍາມະຊາດ; ຖ້າບໍ່ມີການຢັບຢັ້ງ ຄວາມຮັ່ງມີຈະກາຍເປັນເຊື້ອໄຟໃຫ້ຄວາມຢາກຂະຫຍາຍບໍ່ມີທີ່ສິ້ນສຸດ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire is not satisfied by acquiring more; it tends to expand with increased wealth. Therefore, ethical life requires restraint (dama), contentment (santoṣa), and discernment, rather than trusting accumulation to end craving.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct after the war. Here he uses a simple rural analogy—how a horn grows with the calf—to illustrate a moral psychology: wealth often makes craving grow, not shrink.