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Shloka 59

आशगया संचितं द्रव्यं कालेनैवोपभुज्यते । अन्‍्ये चैतत्‌ प्रपद्यन्ते वियोगे तस्य देहिन:

āśayā saṃcitaṃ dravyaṃ kālenaivopabhujyate | anye caitat prapadyante viyoge tasya dehinaḥ ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า ทรัพย์ที่สั่งสมด้วยความหวัง แท้จริงแล้วกาลเวลาเท่านั้นที่บริโภคมัน; ครั้นเมื่อผู้มีร่างกายต้องพรากจากร่าง ทรัพย์นั้นก็ย่อมตกไปเป็นของผู้อื่น

आशयाby hope/with expectation
आशया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआशा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
संचितम्accumulated, stored
संचितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसंचित (सम्+चि धातु, क्त)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
द्रव्यम्wealth, property
द्रव्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्रव्य
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
कालेनby Time (as agent)
कालेन:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
एवindeed, only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
उपभुज्यतेis enjoyed/consumed
उपभुज्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootउप+भुज्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एतत्this (wealth/thing)
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रपद्यन्तेobtain, come to possess
प्रपद्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+पद्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Plural
वियोगेupon separation, at the time of parting
वियोगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवियोग
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
तस्यof him/of that (person)
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
देहिनःof the embodied being/person
देहिनः:
TypeNoun
Rootदेहिन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
T
Time (Kāla)
W
wealth (dravya)

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.