Shloka 11
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
नित्यं क्रोधात् तपो रक्षेच्छ़ियं रक्षेच्च मत्सरात् । विद्यां मानावमानाभ्यामात्मानं तु प्रमादतः
nityaṁ krodhāt tapo rakṣec chriyaṁ rakṣec ca matsarāt | vidyāṁ mānāvamānābhyām ātmānaṁ tu pramādataḥ ||
Nārada dit : Qu’on protège sans cesse son ascèse (tapas) de la colère, sa prospérité de l’envie, son savoir des troubles nés de l’honneur et du déshonneur, et son propre être de l’insouciance. L’enseignement est que les vertus et les accomplissements intérieurs ne se perdent pas d’abord par des ennemis extérieurs, mais par ces quatre fautes intimes qui, en silence, ruinent l’effort spirituel, le bien-être du monde et la maîtrise de soi.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches vigilant self-guarding: anger destroys austerity, envy corrodes prosperity, obsession with honor/dishonor destabilizes learning, and heedlessness endangers the whole person. Therefore one should treat these inner faults as the primary threats to dharmic life.
Nārada is instructing the listener in Shānti Parva with practical ethical counsel, listing specific inner dangers and what each one undermines, as part of a broader discourse on peace, self-discipline, and sustaining virtue.