Shloka 17
प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence
Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue
अतः युवावस्थामें ही सबको धर्मका आचरण करना चाहिये; क्योंकि जीवन निःसंदेह अनित्य है। धर्माचरण करनेसे इस लोकमें मनुष्यकी कीर्तिका विस्तार होता है और परलोकमें भी उसे सुख मिलता है ।।
ataḥ yuvāvasthāyām eva sarvaiḥ dharmasya ācaraṇaṁ kartavyaṁ; jīvanaṁ hi niḥsaṁdeham anityam. dharmācaraṇena iha loke manuṣyasya kīrtiḥ vistṛyate, paraloke ca tasya sukhaṁ bhavati. mohena hi samāviṣṭaḥ putra-dārārtham udyataḥ, kṛtvā kāryam akāryaṁ vā puṣṭim eṣāṁ prayacchati.
因此，人人当于少壮之时便修行达摩，因为生命确然无常。奉行达摩，则此世名声远播，彼世亦得安乐。然而为迷妄所覆之人，却只为子与妻奔走；该做的做，不该做的也做，只为供养维持他们。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Practice dharma early, because life is transient. Dharma yields honor in this world and happiness beyond; whereas delusion can drive one to compromise right conduct while providing for family.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on righteous living, Bhishma advises Yudhishthira about the urgency of dharma and warns how attachment and delusion centered on family responsibilities can lead to both proper and improper actions.