Shloka 9
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
ततो मानेन सम्पन्नो रक्षन्नात्मपराजयम् । करोति येन भोगी स्यामिति तस्माद् विनश्यति,धनसे जब लोकमें सम्मान बढ़ता है, तब वह मानसम्पन्न पुरुष सदा अपने अपमानसे बचनेके लिये प्रयत्न करता रहता है एवं “मैं भोग-सामग्रियोंसे सम्पन्न होऊँ” यह उद्देश्य लेकर ही वह सारा कार्य करता है और इसी प्रयत्नमें एक दिन नष्ट हो जाता है
tato mānena sampanno rakṣann ātma-parājayam | karoti yena bhogī syām iti tasmād vinaśyati ||
Luego, cuando el hombre se ve colmado de honra social, se esfuerza sin cesar por resguardarse de la humillación. Con el propósito: «Que yo sea quien goce de abundantes placeres», emprende todas sus acciones; y en ese mismo afán, un día, queda arruinado.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Honor can intensify ego and fear of disgrace; when actions are driven by the goal of becoming a pleasure-seeker (bhogī), the person becomes trapped in restless striving that culminates in ruin.
Parāśara is instructing about the psychological chain: social respect (māna) leads to defensive self-protection against insult, then to pleasure-centered ambition, and finally to destruction caused by that very obsession.