Shloka 75

Devanagari script

अनेयश्नाभिमानी च दुर्बुद्धिरजितेन्द्रियः

Transliteration

aneyāśnābhimānī ca durbuddhir ajitendriyaḥ

Translation

قال فَيْشَمْبَايَنَة: كان يتيه بالأكل على غير وجهه وبلا كفٍّ ولا ضبط، ذا فهمٍ معوجّ، وحواسّ لم تُقهر—وهي خصال تدلّ على انهيار الخُلُق وعدم الأهلية للسير على نهج الدَّرْمَا تحت ضغط الحرب.

Word by Word

• अनेयश्नाभिमानी: one who is proud of not eating (i.e., of fasting)
• अनेयश्नाभिमानी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेयश्न + अभिमानिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दुर्बुद्धिः: evil-minded, of bad intellect
• दुर्बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् + बुद्धि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अजितेन्द्रियः: one whose senses are unconquered, uncontrolled
• अजितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + जित + इन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse links ethical failure to lack of self-mastery: pride in undisciplined habits, distorted judgment, and uncontrolled senses are presented as markers of adharma and as causes of ruinous decisions, especially in a war setting.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is describing a person’s character in condemnatory terms, emphasizing inner defects—bad judgment and uncontrolled senses—rather than external power, to frame why such a figure acts wrongly or meets an unfortunate end.