Shloka 124
Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)
तस्याप्येवंप्रभावस्य सदश्चव॒स्येव धावत: । अजसं सर्वलोकस्य कः कुतो वा न वा कुत:
bhīṣma uvāca | tasyāpy evaṃprabhāvasya sadaś ca vaśyeva dhāvataḥ | ajasaṃ sarvalokasya kaḥ kuto vā na vā kutaḥ ||
如同一匹善驯的良马，在疾驰之中离此达彼，快得令人无从言说；同样，这强盛的世间也在不息的驱迫下，以迅猛之势从一种境况奔向另一种境况。因此，诸如“谁从何处来，谁不来？此属谁，非属谁？由何而生，又非由何而生？”之类的问题，实难成立为有意义的发问。
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Because the world is in constant, forceful motion—shifting from state to state—questions of fixed origin, ownership, and enduring relation (“who is from where,” “whose is this”) lose their ultimate footing; the teaching points toward non-attachment and insight into impermanence.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction, Bhishma continues a philosophical explanation to Yudhishthira, using the simile of a swift, well-controlled horse to describe the world’s relentless movement and to undermine ordinary assumptions about stable identity and possession.