Shloka 7
नारद-समङ्ग-संवादः — The Nārada–Samaṅga Dialogue on Fearlessness and Equanimity
यथैव श्ज् गो: काले वर्धमानस्य वर्धते । तथैव तृष्णा वित्तेन वर्धमानेन वर्धते
yathaiva śṛṅgaṃ goḥ kāle vardhamānasya vardhate | tathaiva tṛṣṇā vittena vardhamānena vardhate ||
Wika ni Bhishma: Kung paanong ang sungay ng baka ay lumalaki kasabay ng guya habang lumilipas ang panahon at ito’y nagkakagulang, gayon din ang pagnanasa ay lumalaki kasabay ng yaman habang ito’y dumarami. Ang aral: ang pag-iimpok at pag-iipon ay hindi likás na nagbubunga ng pagkakasiya; kung walang pagpipigil, ang kasaganaan ay nagiging gatong ng pagnanasang walang hangganan.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire is not satisfied by acquiring more; it tends to expand with increased wealth. Therefore, ethical life requires restraint (dama), contentment (santoṣa), and discernment, rather than trusting accumulation to end craving.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct after the war. Here he uses a simple rural analogy—how a horn grows with the calf—to illustrate a moral psychology: wealth often makes craving grow, not shrink.