Shloka 62

Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness

Sanskrit

नृपस्य तस्य चत्वारो नाशमिच्छन्ति विद्विषः ।

कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभो मोहश्चान्यस्तथा रिपुः ॥

Transliteration

nṛpasya tasya catvāro nāśam icchanti vidviṣaḥ | kāmaḥ krodhas tathā lobho mohaś cānyas tathā ripuḥ ||

Translation

ولذلك الملك أربعُ قوى معادية تتمنى هلاكه: الشهوة، والغضب، والطمع، والوهم—كلٌّ منها عدوٌّ آخر.

Speakers

• Not explicitly identifiable from the single verse provided (depends on surrounding narrative in Adhyāya 3).

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Rāja-nīti (ethics of rulership)
• Psychology of vice
• Self-mastery