Shloka 78
योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः
Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction
व्यभजच्चापि संरम्भाद् दुःखवासं तथावसत् | पिता विशेष प्रयत्नपूर्वक पुत्रका मन रखते हैं। वे उनके क्रोधसे डरकर सारा धन पुत्रोंकोी बाँट देते हैं और स्वयं बड़े कष्टसे जीवन बिताते हैं || ७७ $ ।।
vyabhajac cāpi saṃrambhād duḥkhavāsaṃ tathāvasat | pitā viśeṣa-prayatna-pūrvakaṃ putrakā man rakhate haiṃ | te unke krodhase ḍarakara sārā dhana putroṃko bāṃṭa dete haiṃ aura svayaṃ baṛe kaṣṭase jīvana bitāte haiṃ || 77 || agnidāhena corair vā rājabhir vā hṛtaṃ dhanam ||
Disse Śakra: “Por medo da ira dos filhos, muitos pais—depois de se empenharem de modo especial por eles—costumam dividir e entregar toda a sua riqueza aos filhos, e então eles próprios vivem em penúria. E essa riqueza também pode perder-se: consumida pelo fogo, roubada por ladrões ou tomada pelos reis.”
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth is unstable and can be lost through calamity, theft, or state power; therefore one should not cling to possessions or surrender one’s well-being out of fear, but act with discernment and dharma in family and property matters.
Indra (Śakra) describes a common worldly situation: fathers, fearing their sons’ anger, prematurely distribute all their wealth and then live in hardship; he adds that even such wealth is vulnerable to destruction by fire, theft, or confiscation by rulers.