Shloka 231
Adhyāya 203 — Tilottamā-sṛṣṭiḥ
Creation and Commissioning of Tilottamā
तदादाय च लुब्धस्य लोभाल्लोभोप्यवर्धत । तथा हि सर्वमादाय राज्यमस्य जिहीषति
tadādāya ca lubdhasya lobhāl lobho 'py avardhata | tathā hi sarvam ādāya rājyam asya jihīṣati ||
Nachdem er dies an sich genommen hatte, wuchs das Begehren des Gierigen durch die Gier selbst nur noch weiter; denn nachdem er alles geraubt hat, trachtet er nun auch danach, sich das Königreich jenes Mannes anzueignen.
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed is self-amplifying: once a person yields to covetousness, satisfaction recedes and the desire expands from taking something to taking everything, even another’s rightful sovereignty. The ethical warning is against allowing lobha to govern decisions, especially in matters of power and property.
Karna characterizes an opponent (or a party in the dispute) as already greedy and now growing greedier: after taking what could be taken, he is portrayed as aiming to seize the remaining kingdom itself. The line functions as a moral-political critique of escalating appropriation.