Shloka 59
आशगया संचितं द्रव्यं कालेनैवोपभुज्यते । अन््ये चैतत् प्रपद्यन्ते वियोगे तस्य देहिन:
āśayā saṃcitaṃ dravyaṃ kālenaivopabhujyate | anye caitat prapadyante viyoge tasya dehinaḥ ||
Бхишма сказал: Богатство, накопленное под чарами надежды, поистине пожирает одно лишь Время. Когда воплощённый отделяется от тела, то самое богатство переходит в руки других — показывая тщетность привязанности к собственности и настоятельность праведного употребления средств, пока человек жив.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Hoarded wealth does not truly belong to the hoarder: Time inevitably consumes it, and after death it goes to others. Therefore one should restrain greed and use wealth righteously while alive—through dharmic living, generosity, and purposeful expenditure.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction (Anuśāsana Parva), he offers a reflective maxim on the fate of accumulated riches: what is gathered with hopeful attachment is ultimately taken over by Time, and once the person dies, others inherit or seize the property.