Shloka 32
भृगु–भरद्वाजसंवादः: वर्णभेदस्य कर्माधारितव्याख्या
Bhrigu–Bharadvaja Dialogue: A Karma-Based Account of Varṇa
यानि चान्यानि भूतेषु भक्ष्यजातानि कस्यचित् | येषाम भुक्तपूर्वाणि तेषामस्मृतिरेव ते
yāni cānyāni bhūteṣu bhakṣyajātāni kasyacit | yeṣām abhuktapūrvāṇi teṣām asmṛtir eva te ||
毗湿摩说道：“众生之中，无论还有多少可食之物，若你从未尝用过，你便连对它们的记忆也不会有。由此可见，贪求受制于一条法则：欲望随经验与追忆而起；未曾因先前享用而得知者，便不会成为长久渴慕的对象。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire and craving depend on prior experience and the memory of enjoyment; what one has never tasted or enjoyed does not become a persistent object of longing. Hence restraint is supported by guarding experience and recollection.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma continues his instruction on dharma and ethical self-governance, explaining how the mind’s attachment to pleasures arises through prior consumption and remembrance, thereby advising a practical psychology of restraint.