Shloka 10
Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris
Udyoga-parva 94
अशिष्टा गतमर्यादा लोभेन हृतचेतस: । स्वेषु बन्धुषु मुख्येषु तद् वेत्थ पुरुषर्षभ
aśiṣṭā gatamaryādā lobhena hṛtacetasaḥ | sveṣu bandhuṣu mukhyeṣu tad vettha puruṣarṣabha ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “They have become uncultured and have overstepped the bounds of righteous conduct; greed has stolen away their discernment. Toward their own foremost kinsmen they behave with impropriety—this you know well, O best of men.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed (lobha) can overpower discernment and push people beyond the boundaries of dharma (maryādā), leading them to act wrongly even toward their closest and most respected relatives.
Vaiśampāyana characterizes certain parties as having lost moral restraint and good conduct due to greed, emphasizing to the addressed ‘best of men’ that this ethical collapse—especially against their own eminent kinsmen—is already well understood.