Shloka 30
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Remorse and Vyāsa’s Teaching on Impermanence (Śoka-nivāraṇa)
बुद्बुदा इव तोयेषु भवन्ति न भवन्ति च | जैसे पानीमें बुलबुले होते और मिट जाते हैं, उसी प्रकार संसारमें उत्पन्न हुए प्राणियोंके जो आपसमें संयोग होते हैं, उनका अन्त निश्चय ही वियोगमें होता है ।।
budbudā iva toyeṣu bhavanti na bhavanti ca | sarve kṣayāntā nicayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ ||
毗耶娑曰：“众生如水上之泡，忽生忽灭。世间诸有情之相聚，亦复如是，终必归于离散。凡所积聚，皆以耗失为终；凡所高起，皆以坠落为终。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
All worldly formations—life, relationships, wealth, and status—are transient. Since union inevitably ends in separation, one should cultivate detachment, steadiness, and dharmic conduct without clinging to impermanent outcomes.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and right understanding after the war, Vyāsa delivers a reflective teaching using the image of water-bubbles to emphasize the inevitability of change, loss, and separation in saṃsāra.