Shloka 95
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
स्वर्गार्गलं लोभबीजं रागगुप्तं दुरासदम् । त॑ तु पश्यन्ति पुरुषा जितक्रोधा जितेन्द्रिया:
svargārgaḷaṃ lobhabījaṃ rāgaguptaṃ durāsadam | taṃ tu paśyanti puruṣā jitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ ||
এটাই স্বর্গপথের কপাট—লোভের বীজ, রাগে আচ্ছাদিত, অতিক্রম করা দুরূহ। কিন্তু যারা ক্রোধ জয় করেছে ও ইন্দ্রিয় সংযত করেছে, তারা একে স্পষ্ট দেখতে পায়।
श्षशुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed, concealed by attachment, becomes a powerful inner obstruction to spiritual good; only those who conquer anger and restrain the senses can recognize this obstacle and avoid being bound by it.
The speaker (identified as the father-in-law) delivers a moral instruction, describing an inner vice as a ‘bolt’ blocking heaven and praising the disciplined—those free from anger and sense-indulgence—as capable of discerning and overcoming it.