Shloka 5
Adhyāya 180: Jīva, Śarīra, and the Fire Analogy (भृगु–भरद्वाज संवादः)
नैव प्रार्थयसे लाभं नालाभेष्वनुशोचसि । नित्यतृप्त इव ब्रह्मनून किज्चिदिव मन्यसे
naiva prārthayase lābhaṃ nālābheṣv anuśocasi | nityatṛpta iva brahman nūnaṃ kiñcid iva manyase |
普罗诃罗陀说道：“你全然不求得利，得利不至亦不忧伤。婆罗门啊，你似乎恒常知足，仿佛将此间万事都视作微不足道。”
प्रह्माद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse praises equanimity: a disciplined person does not chase profit nor mourn its absence. Such steady contentment reflects inner freedom from craving and aversion, a key ethical ideal in Śānti Parva’s discussions of dharma and self-control.
Prahlāda addresses a Brahmin-like interlocutor and observes his unusual steadiness. He notes that the person neither seeks worldly gain nor laments lack of it, appearing perpetually satisfied and treating external things as of little consequence.