Shloka 8
Saṃsāra-gahana-jñāna: Vidura’s Account of Embodiment, Bondage, and Dharmic Release (संसारगहन-ज्ञानम्)
त॑ बद्धमिन्द्रियै: पाशै: संगस्वादुभिरावृतम् । व्यसनान्यपि वर्तन्ते विविधानि नराधिप
ta baddham indriyaiḥ pāśaiḥ saṅgasvādubhir āvṛtam | vyasanāny api vartante vividhāni narādhipa
O king, when a person is bound by the nooses of the senses and covered over by the sweet tastes of attachment, many kinds of calamities and vices inevitably arise and take hold. Vidura warns that indulgence, though pleasant at first, becomes a bondage that invites misfortune and moral decline.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sense-pleasures and attachment act like snares: once the mind is bound by them, diverse misfortunes and vices arise. The ethical counsel is restraint (indriya-nigraha) and vigilance against seductive attachments.
Vidura addresses a king, offering moral-political counsel. He explains how rulers (and people generally) fall into trouble when they become enslaved by sensory cravings and the sweetness of attachment.