Mahabharata 3.2.44 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 2, Shloka 44
ब्राह्मणानुयात्रा—शौनकोपदेशः
Brāhmaṇas Follow into Exile and Śaunaka’s Instruction
सहन्ति च महद् दु:खं घ्नन्ति चैवार्थकारणात् । अर्था दु:खं परित्यक्तुं पालिताश्वैव शत्रव:
sahanti ca mahad duḥkhaṃ ghnanti caivārthakāraṇāt | arthā duḥkhaṃ parityaktuṃ pālitāś caiva śatravaḥ ||
Eles suportam grande sofrimento, e por causa da riqueza chegam até a matar. Abandonar o dinheiro também é doloroso; e, quando é guardado e mantido, ele se comporta como um inimigo.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth (artha) is portrayed as a generator of suffering: people suffer to obtain it, fearfully struggle to protect it, may commit violence for it, and even renouncing it can be painful; therefore one should be vigilant about attachment to wealth and its ethical consequences.
Vaiśampāyana continues a reflective passage describing the harms connected with wealth—how it drives hardship, conflict, and anxiety—framing wealth as something that can turn into an adversary when one becomes bound to guarding it.
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