Shloka 226
Rājapurohita-lakṣaṇa and Purūravas–Vāyu Saṃvāda
Varṇa, Sovereignty, and Abhaya-dāna
अग्नौ वाससि सूर्ये च सुखं शीते<थधिगच्छति । जब गर्मी पड़ती है
agnau vāsasi sūrye ca sukhaṁ śīte ’thādhigacchati
寒冷当令之时，人于火、于衣、于日光之中得其安适。其旨在言：人之安乐系于相应之资缘与时宜——暑热则求荫凉、清水与微风；严寒则求温暖与覆护。然而一旦无法无天与不安之惧生起，外物便不能真正赐人慰藉——因为安全与秩序，乃一切寻常乐受之根基。
ऐल उवाच
Educational Q&A
Comfort is relative to conditions (heat/cold), but the deeper teaching is that without security and social order (dharma upheld in society), ordinary sources of pleasure fail; fear destroys the possibility of peace.
In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, the speaker (Aila) uses a simple seasonal analogy—seeking shade and water in heat, and fire, sun, and clothing in cold—to illustrate that well-being depends on proper supports, and to underline that anarchy or insecurity negates all such comforts.