Sutra 25
लाभविघ्नाः कामः कोपः साध्वसं कारुण्यं ह्रीरनार्यभावो मानः सानुक्रोशता परलोकापेक्षा धार्मिकत्वमत्यागित्वं दैन्यमसूया हस्तगतावमानो दौरात्म्यमविश्वासो भयमप्रतीकारः शीतोष्णवर्षाणामाक्षम्यं मङ्गलतिथिनक्षत्रेष्टित्वमिति ॥ कZ_०९.४.२५ ॥
lābhavighnāḥ kāmaḥ kopaḥ sādhvasaṃ kāruṇyaṃ hrīr anāryabhāvo mānaḥ sānukrośatā paralokāpekṣā dhārmikatvam atyāgitvaṃ dainyam asūyā hastagatāvamāno daurātmyam aviśvāso bhayam apratīkāraḥ śītoṣṇavarṣāṇām ākṣamyaṃ maṅgalatithinakṣatreṣṭitvam iti.
Obstacles to gain are: lust, anger, timidity, misplaced pity, shame, ignoble conduct, pride, over-softness/compassion, expectation of other-worldly reward, ostentatious religiosity, unwillingness to relinquish (what must be spent), wretchedness, envy, humiliation even after having secured the object, wickedness, distrust, fear without counter-measures, intolerance of cold/heat/rain, and fixation on auspicious days and stars.
FAQs
Because in administration, outcomes fail as often from the ruler/official’s internal weaknesses (impulse, fear, pride, misplaced pity) as from external constraints; governance requires psychological self-control as a policy tool.
An inability to spend, concede, or part with resources when strategy demands it—blocking investment, alliances, incentives, or timely concessions needed to secure larger gains.