Shloka 9
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Brahmacarya and the Formless Brahman
Udyoga Parva 44
Devanagari script
मदो5ष्टादशदोष: स स्यात् पुरा यो<प्रकीर्तित: । लोवदेष्यं प्रातिकूल्यमभ्यसूया मृषा वच:,मदके अठारह दोष हैं, जो पहले सूचित करके भी स्पष्टरूपसे नहीं बताये गये थे-- लोकविरोधी कार्य करना, शास्त्रके प्रतिकूल आचरण करना, गुणियोंपर दोषारोपण, असत्यभाषण
Transliteration
madaḥ aṣṭādaśa-doṣaḥ sa syāt purā yo ’prakīrtitaḥ | lokadveṣyaṁ prātikūlyam abhyasūyā mṛṣā vacaḥ ||
Translation
Sanatsujāta explains that intoxication of pride (mada) manifests as a set of faults. Among these are: acting in ways that provoke society’s censure, behaving contrary to śāstra, fault-finding and envy toward the virtuous, and speaking falsehood.
Word by Word
{'madaḥ''pride, arrogance
{'madaḥ':
also intoxication that clouds discernment', 'aṣṭādaśa-doṣaḥ''eighteen faults/vices (a traditional enumerative set)', 'sa syāt': 'it becomes/it is (said to be)', 'purā': 'formerly, earlier
also intoxication that clouds discernment', 'aṣṭādaśa-doṣaḥ':
in prior teaching', 'yo ’prakīrtitaḥ''which was not fully proclaimed/explicitly stated', 'lokadveṣyam': 'that which is hated by people
in prior teaching', 'yo ’prakīrtitaḥ':
socially reprehensible conduct', 'prātikūlyam''opposition, contrariness
socially reprehensible conduct', 'prātikūlyam':
acting against what is proper', 'abhyasūyā''envy, malicious fault-finding, disparagement (especially of the good)', 'mṛṣā': 'false, untrue', 'vacaḥ': 'speech, utterance'}
acting against what is proper', 'abhyasūyā':
Speaker
सनत्युजात उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
सनत्सुजात (Sanatsujāta)