Shloka 10
Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)
ता: कामलुब्धा: प्रमदा: प्रबाधनते नरान् सदा । क्रोधं कामस्य देवेश: सहायं चासृजत् प्रभु:
tāḥ kāmalubdhāḥ pramadāḥ prabādhanate narān sadā | krodhaṁ kāmasya deveśaḥ sahāyaṁ cāsṛjat prabhuḥ ||
Bhīṣma said: “Those women, driven by greed for desire, continually harass and unsettle men. And the Lord of the gods—the sovereign—created anger as an ally of desire.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked desire (kāma) destabilizes the mind and social conduct, and anger (krodha) commonly arises as its accomplice; therefore restraint and discernment are essential for dharma.
In Bhīṣma’s didactic discourse in the Anuśāsana Parva, he explains how desire operates in human life and how it is reinforced by anger, warning about the moral and psychological consequences.