Shloka 21
Adhyāya 159 — Dāna–Dakṣiṇā, Āpaddharma Measures, and Prāyaścitta Classifications
दर्प: क्रोधो मद: स्वप्रो हर्ष: शोको5तिमानिता । एत एव हि कौरव्य दृश्यन्ते लुब्धबुद्धिषु
darpaḥ krodho madaḥ svapno harṣaḥ śoko ’timānitā | eta eva hi kauravya dṛśyante lubdhabuddhiṣu ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Ô rejeton des Kuru, chez ceux dont l’intelligence est prise au piège de l’avidité, on voit précisément ces fautes : l’arrogance, la colère, l’ivresse de l’orgueil, les songes trompeurs, l’exaltation, le chagrin et l’excès d’amour-propre.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed corrupts discernment and gives rise to a predictable cluster of inner vices—arrogance, anger, pride-intoxication, delusive imagining, emotional highs and lows, and excessive self-conceit—thereby undermining dharma and sound judgment.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīṣma continues his ethical counsel, diagnosing the psychological and moral symptoms that appear in people whose minds are dominated by greed.