Shloka 20

अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था

Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire

Devanagari script

संचितं संचितं द्रव्यं नष्टं तव पुनः पुनः । कदाचिन्मोक्ष्यसे मूढ धनेहां धनकामुक

Transliteration

sañcitaṃ sañcitaṃ dravyaṃ naṣṭaṃ tava punaḥ punaḥ | kadācin mokṣyase mūḍha dhanehāṃ dhanakāmuka ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Снова и снова ты копил богатство, и снова и снова оно исчезало. О заблудший, о жаждущий наживы — неужели ты когда-нибудь оставишь эту алчность и беспокойное рвение к богатству?»

Word by Word

• संचितम्: accumulated, stored
• संचितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संचित (सम्+चि धातु, क्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• संचितम्: again accumulated (repeatedly stored)
• संचितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संचित (सम्+चि धातु, क्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• द्रव्यम्: wealth, property
• द्रव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नष्टम्: destroyed, lost
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्ट (नश् धातु, क्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तव: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• कदाचित्: ever, at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित्

• मोक्ष्यसे: will you be released / will you let go
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (मोचने)
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• मूढ: O deluded one, O fool
• Type: Noun (vocative use) / Adjective
• Root: मूढ (मुह् धातु, क्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• धन-ईहाम्: the striving/endeavor for wealth
• धन-ईहाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन + ईहा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• धनकामुक: O wealth-desirer, O money-craver
• Type: Noun (vocative use) / Adjective
• Root: धन + कामुक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wealth is unstable and repeatedly lost; therefore one should recognize the futility of endless accumulation and cultivate detachment by abandoning obsessive craving and ceaseless pursuit of riches.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on right conduct, Bhīṣma admonishes a wealth-obsessed person, pointing out the repeated cycle of hoarding and loss and urging a turning away from greed toward inner freedom.