Shloka 35
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
स्नेहपाशैर्बहुविधेरासक्तमनसो नरा: । प्रकृतिस्था विषीदन्ति जले सैकतवेश्मवत्
snehapāśair bahuvidhair āsaktamanaso narāḥ | prakṛtisthā viṣīdanti jale saikataveśmavat ||
Sinabi ni Parāśara: “Ang mga taong ang isip ay nakagapos sa sari-saring tali ng pag-ibig at pagkakapit ay lubhang nanlulumo kahit nananatili sa karaniwang kalagayan. Gaya ng bahay na buhangin na guguho sa tubig, sila’y halos mapahamak dahil sa matinding dalamhati.”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment (sneha) acts like a binding noose on the mind; when one’s happiness depends on such bonds, sorrow easily overwhelms and can bring a person close to ruin. The verse urges cultivating detachment and inner steadiness so that affection does not become bondage.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on conduct and liberation-oriented wisdom, the sage Parāśara speaks to illustrate the fragility of worldly dependence. He uses the image of a sand-house collapsing in water to show how quickly an attached mind collapses under the pressure of loss and change.