Shloka 2
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Brahmacarya and the Formless Brahman
Udyoga Parva 44
एकैकमेते राजेन्द्र मनुष्यान् पर्युपासते । यैराविष्टो नर: पाप॑ मूढसंज्ञो व्यवस्यति
ekaikametē rājendra manuṣyān paryupāsate | yair āviṣṭo naraḥ pāpaṁ mūḍhasaṁjño vyavasyati ||
O König, diese Fehler gesellen sich den Menschen einer nach dem andern, in fortlaufender Folge. Wenn ein Mensch von ihnen ergriffen wird, wird sein Verstand verblendet, und er fasst den Entschluss zu sündhaftem Tun.
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral failure is typically progressive: faults approach a person sequentially, and once they take hold, they cloud discernment so that the person deliberately chooses wrongdoing.
Sanatsujata instructs the king (Dhritarashtra), explaining how successive inner दोष (vices) overtake people and, by deluding the mind, lead them to decide on sinful actions—setting the ethical frame for the king’s predicament.