Shloka 30
Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha
पृथ्व्यां नर: पश्यति नान्तमस्या ह्ान्तश्नास्या भविता चेति विद्धि | पर॑ं नयन्तीह विलोड्यमानं यथा प्लवं वायुरिवार्णवस्थम्
pṛthvyāṃ naraḥ paśyati nāntam asyā hy antaśnāsya bhavitā ceti viddhi | paraṃ nayantīha vilodyamānaṃ yathā plavaṃ vāyur ivārṇavastham ||
毗湿摩说道：在这大地之上，人并不能看见她的尽头；也当知，她内在的界限同样不可抵达。于此世间，当人被境遇搅动翻覆，便被推送向前——正如海上漂舟，为风所驱。此教诲在于：人之生命系于世间的浩瀚与无常，若无明辨之智（viveka）与法（dharma）为舵，便极易被洪流卷走。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The world is vast and its limits are not easily grasped; when a person is agitated by changing conditions, they are carried along like a boat driven by wind on the ocean. Therefore one should cultivate steadiness—discernment, restraint, and dharma—so as not to be helplessly swept by circumstance.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on right conduct and the nature of worldly life. In this verse he uses a metaphor—wind driving a boat on the sea—to describe how people, when churned by events, are propelled onward without clear control unless anchored in wise discipline.