Shloka 7
Sanatsujāta-Āhvāna (Summoning Sanatsujāta) — Vidura’s Invocation and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Doubt
अस्यादेशान्रि:सरते नराणां क्रोध: प्रमादो लोभरूपश्न मृत्यु: । अहंगतेनैव चरन् विमार्गान् न चात्मनो योगमुपैति कश्चित्,इन यमकी आज्ञासे ही क्रोध, प्रमाद और लोभरूपी मृत्यु मनुष्योंके विनाशमें प्रवृत्त होती है। अहंकारके वशीभूत होकर विपरीत मार्गपर चलता हुआ कोई भी मनुष्य परमात्माका साक्षात्कार नहीं कर पाता
asyādeśān niḥsarate narāṇāṁ krodhaḥ pramādo lobharūpaś ca mṛtyuḥ | ahaṅgatenaiva caran vimārgān na cātmano yogam upaiti kaścit ||
From the sway of this (inner) command, there issues forth among human beings a death in the forms of anger, heedlessness, and greed—driving them toward ruin. One who, mastered by ego, walks the wrong path does not attain union with the Self; no such person reaches true realization of the Supreme.
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Anger, heedlessness, and greed function like ‘death’ because they destroy discernment and lead to downfall; ego-driven conduct on a wrong path blocks yoga—true union/realization of the Self.
Sanatsujāta is instructing (in the Udyoga Parva dialogue) on inner causes of ruin and the obstacles to spiritual realization, warning that ego and its allied vices prevent attaining the Self.