Shloka 5
Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle
Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification
रागद्वेषाभिभूतं च नरं द्रव्यवशानुगम् । मोहजाता रतिराम समुपैति नराधिप,नरेश्वर! राग और द्वेषके वशीभूत होकर जब मनुष्य द्रव्यमें आसक्त हो जाता है, तब मोहकी कन्या रति उसके पास आ जाती है
rāgadveṣābhibhūtaṃ ca naraṃ dravyavaśānugam | mohajātā ratir āma samupaiti narādhipa ||
Wahai raja di antara manusia, ketika seseorang dikuasai oleh keterikatan dan kebencian lalu tunduk pada harta dan tenggelam dalam kepemilikan, maka Rati—yang lahir dari delusi—mendekatinya, mengikatnya semakin kuat pada kemabukan dan pencarian kenikmatan.
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa), when joined with fixation on wealth (dravya), generate delusion (moha) and invite pleasure-addiction (rati). The ethical warning is that material obsession weakens discernment and self-mastery, leading to further bondage.
Parāśara is instructing a king, describing an inner moral-psychological sequence: a person dominated by rāga and dveṣa becomes wealth-driven, and then ‘Rati, born of Moha’ approaches—i.e., sensual fascination takes hold as a consequence of delusion.