Shloka 3
दमप्रशंसा — Praise of Self-Restraint
Dama
तस्य मायापिनद्धाड़ा नष्टतज्ञाना विचेतस: । मानवा ज्ञानसम्मोहात् ततः क्रोध॑ प्रयान्ति वै
tasya māyāpinaddhāḍyā naṣṭa-tajñānā vicetasaḥ | mānavā jñāna-sammohāt tataḥ krodhaṁ prayānti vai ||
उस ईश्वर की माया से आच्छादित हो जाने पर मनुष्यों का यथार्थ ज्ञान और विवेक नष्ट हो जाता है; और ज्ञान के व्यामोह से वे निश्चय ही क्रोध के वशीभूत हो जाते हैं।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When the mind is covered by the Lord’s māyā, knowledge and discernment collapse; from that cognitive-spiritual delusion arises anger. Ethical failure is traced to inner ignorance rather than merely external provocation.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and inner discipline. Here he explains a causal chain: divine māyā veils humans, delusion follows, and anger manifests—warning the king about the psychological roots of adharma.