Shloka 78
योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः
Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction
व्यभजच्चापि संरम्भाद् दुःखवासं तथावसत् | पिता विशेष प्रयत्नपूर्वक पुत्रका मन रखते हैं। वे उनके क्रोधसे डरकर सारा धन पुत्रोंकोी बाँट देते हैं और स्वयं बड़े कष्टसे जीवन बिताते हैं || ७७ $ ।।
vyabhajac cāpi saṃrambhād duḥkhavāsaṃ tathāvasat | pitā viśeṣa-prayatna-pūrvakaṃ putrakā man rakhate haiṃ | te unke krodhase ḍarakara sārā dhana putroṃko bāṃṭa dete haiṃ aura svayaṃ baṛe kaṣṭase jīvana bitāte haiṃ || 77 || agnidāhena corair vā rājabhir vā hṛtaṃ dhanam ||
Śakra nói: “Vì sợ cơn giận của con trai, nhiều người cha—sau khi đã dốc công đặc biệt vì con—thường chia và trao hết gia sản cho các con, rồi chính mình lại sống trong cảnh khốn khó. Mà của cải ấy cũng có thể mất đi—bị lửa thiêu, bị trộm cướp, hoặc bị vua quan tịch thu.”
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Wealth is unstable and can be lost through calamity, theft, or state power; therefore one should not cling to possessions or surrender one’s well-being out of fear, but act with discernment and dharma in family and property matters.
Indra (Śakra) describes a common worldly situation: fathers, fearing their sons’ anger, prematurely distribute all their wealth and then live in hardship; he adds that even such wealth is vulnerable to destruction by fire, theft, or confiscation by rulers.