Shloka 15
जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः
Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga
इह श्रमो भयं मोह: क्षुधा तीव्रा च जायते । लोभभश्चार्थकृतो नृणां येन मुहन्त्यपण्डिता:,इहलोकमें श्रम, भय, मोह और तीव्र भूखका कष्ट होता है। मनुष्योंमें धनका लोभ विशेष होता है, जिससे अज्ञानी पुरुष मोहमें पड़ जाते हैं
iha śramo bhayaṁ mohaḥ kṣudhā tīvrā ca jāyate | lobhaś cārthakṛto nṛṇāṁ yena muhyanty apaṇḍitāḥ ||
Bharadvāja said: “Here in this world arise toil, fear, delusion, and the torment of intense hunger. Among men, greed born of wealth is especially strong; through it the unwise fall into confusion and lose discernment.”
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Worldly life naturally brings hardship (toil, fear, hunger) and mental confusion; greed for wealth intensifies this confusion, especially for those without discernment, so ethical clarity requires restraint and detachment from artha-driven craving.
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja speaks as a teacher, diagnosing common sources of human suffering and moral error—especially the deluding power of wealth-born greed.