Shloka 6
Adhyāya 164: Gautama as Guest; Kaśyapa’s Satkāra and the Fourfold Arthagati; Journey to Virūpākṣa
एतेषामुदयं स्थान क्षयं च पृथिवीपते । हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि क्रोधस्योत्पत्तिमादित:
eteṣām udayaṃ sthānaṃ kṣayaṃ ca pṛthivīpate | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi krodhasyotpattim āditaḥ ||
હે પૃથ્વીપતે! આ દોષોનો ઉદય, તેમનું આશ્રયસ્થાન અને તેમનો ક્ષય—આ બધું હું તને કહેશ. આવ, સૌ પ્રથમ હું ક્રોધની ઉત્પત્તિ જણાવું છું.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma frames anger as a moral-psychological problem with a knowable lifecycle—origin, support, and dissolution—implying that ethical mastery begins by understanding how anger arises and what sustains it.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to the king, Bhīṣma transitions into a systematic explanation of inner faults, announcing that he will begin by describing the genesis of anger (krodha).