Shloka 24
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Pramāda as Mṛtyu
Chapter 42
क्रोध: शोकस्तथा तृष्णा लोभ: पैशुन्यमेव च । मत्सरश्न विहिंसा च परितापस्तथारति:
krodhaḥ śokas tathā tṛṣṇā lobhaḥ paiśunyam eva ca | matsaraś ca vihiṃsā ca paritāpas tathāratiḥ ||
Sanatsujāta sprach: „Zorn, Kummer, dürstendes Begehren, Gier und Verleumdung; Neid und der Drang zu verletzen; inneres Brennen und Unzufriedenheit — dies sind die Plagen, die den Geist aufwühlen und vom rechten Wandel abbringen.“
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse lists key inner and social vices—anger, grief, craving, greed, slander, envy, harmfulness, torment, and discontent—as forces that cloud judgment and undermine dharma; ethical life begins with recognizing and restraining these tendencies.
In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs (in a didactic dialogue) by enumerating mental afflictions and moral faults, guiding the listener toward self-mastery and right conduct amid the tensions leading to war.