Shloka 43
दैव–पुरुषकार-प्रश्नः
Daiva–Puruṣakāra Inquiry: Fate and Human Effort
संसारमें समस्त सुदुर्लभ सुख-भोग किसी पापीको प्राप्त हो जाय तो भी वह उसके पास टिकता नहीं, शीघ्र ही उसे छोड़कर चल देता है। जो मनुष्य लोभ और मोहमें डूबा हुआ है उसे दैव भी संकटसे नहीं बचा सकता ।।
saṃsāre samasta-sudurlabha-sukha-bhogāḥ kasyacid api pāpinaḥ prāptāḥ syuḥ cet, te 'pi tasya samīpe na tiṣṭhanti; kṣipram eva taṃ tyaktvā prayānti. yo manuṣyo lobha-mohābhyāṃ nimagno bhavati, taṃ daivam api saṅkaṭāt na trātuṃ śaknoti. yathāgniḥ pavanoddhūtaḥ susūkṣmo 'pi mahān bhavet, tathā karma-samāyuktaṃ daivaṃ sādhū vivardhate.
毗湿摩说道：纵使罪人偶得世间最稀有的享乐与受用，它们也不与他久留，转瞬便弃他而去。沉溺于贪欲与迷妄之人，即便天命本身也不能将他从灾厄中救出。正如微火得风鼓荡，亦可化为烈焰；同样，命运若与人的奋勉与正行相合，其势便会大大增长。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly pleasures are unstable for the unethical, and greed-delusion make one unprotectable even by 'fate'; destiny becomes effective when it is supported by purposeful action (karma/puruṣārtha), like fire growing when fanned by wind.
In Bhishma’s instruction (Anushasana Parva), he offers a moral reflection: ill-gotten or unmerited enjoyments do not endure, and he uses the fire-and-wind analogy to explain how human effort amplifies what is called destiny.