Shloka 2
एकैकमेते राजेन्द्र मनुष्यान् पर्युपासते । यैराविष्टो नर: पाप॑ मूढसंज्ञो व्यवस्यति,राजेन्द्र! क्रमशः एकके पीछे दूसरा आकर ये सभी दोष मनुष्योंको प्राप्त होते जाते हैं, जिनके वशमें होकर मूढ़बुद्धि मानव पापकर्म करने लगता है
ekaikametē rājendra manuṣyān paryupāsate | yair āviṣṭo naraḥ pāpaṁ mūḍhasaṁjño vyavasyati ||
O king, these faults attend upon human beings one by one, in succession. When a man is seized by them, his understanding becomes deluded, and he resolves upon sinful action.
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral failure is typically progressive: faults approach a person sequentially, and once they take hold, they cloud discernment so that the person deliberately chooses wrongdoing.
Sanatsujata instructs the king (Dhritarashtra), explaining how successive inner दोष (vices) overtake people and, by deluding the mind, lead them to decide on sinful actions—setting the ethical frame for the king’s predicament.