Shloka 15
Adhyāya 180: Jīva, Śarīra, and the Fire Analogy (भृगु–भरद्वाज संवादः)
जज्भमस्थावराणां च भूतानामसुराधिप । पार्थिवानामपि व्यक्त मृत्युं पश्यामि सर्वश:,“असुरराज! पृथ्वीपर भी जितने स्थावर-जंगम प्राणी हैं, उन सबकी मृत्यु मुझे स्पष्ट दिखायी दे रही है
jaṅgamāsthāvarāṇāṃ ca bhūtānām asurādhipa | pārthivānām api vyaktaṃ mṛtyuṃ paśyāmi sarvaśaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“噢，阿修罗之主啊，在一切众生之中——动者与不动者——乃至地上的生类，我都清楚地看见死亡遍在四方。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the universality and inevitability of death for all embodied existence—moving and unmoving—encouraging a sober, dharmic perspective grounded in detachment and clear seeing.
Bhīṣma, in a reflective and instructive mode, addresses an Asura-king and states that he perceives death as manifest everywhere among all categories of beings, framing a discourse on the nature of life and impermanence.