Shloka 12

Adhyāya 128 — Proposal to Restrain Keśava; Sātyaki’s Warning and Vidura–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Counsel

Devanagari script

स एष काममन्युभ्यां प्रलब्धो लोभमास्थित:

Transliteration

sa eṣa kāma-manyubhyāṃ pralabdho lobham āsthitaḥ

Translation

এই ব্যক্তি কামনা ও ক্রোধে প্রলুব্ধ হয়ে লোভের আশ্রয় নিয়েছে।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामम्: desire
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मन्युभ्याम्: by/with (two) angers; by anger(s)
• मन्युभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• प्रलब्धः: deceived, deluded
• प्रलब्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + लभ्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोभम्: greed
• लोभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थितः: having resorted to; having taken up
• आस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked desire (kāma) and anger (manyu) cloud judgment and ‘deceive’ a person into embracing greed (lobha), which undermines dharma and becomes a driver of harmful decisions.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana characterizes a person’s moral state, explaining that the individual’s conduct is being propelled by desire and anger, culminating in a settled posture of greed—an ethical explanation for escalating wrongdoing and strife.