Shloka 30

अश्वमेधावसानम् — Dakṣiṇā-vibhāga and Avabhṛtha

Completion of the Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

अपि संचयबुद्धिहि लोभमोहवशंगत: । उद्वेजयति भूतानि पापेनाशुद्धबुद्धिना,वह लोभ और मोहके वशमें पड़कर संग्रह करनेकी बुद्धिको अपनाता है। कृपणतापूर्वक पैसे बटोरनेका विचार रखता है। फिर बुद्धिको अशुद्ध कर देनेवाले पापाचारके द्वारा प्राणियोंको उद्धेगमें डाल देता है

Transliteration

api sañcayabuddhiṁ hi lobhamohavaśaṅgataḥ | udvejayati bhūtāni pāpenāśuddhabuddhinā ||

Translation

Vaishampayana said: Overpowered by greed and delusion, a person adopts the mindset of hoarding. With an impure understanding, he then, through sinful conduct, throws living beings into distress and agitation—showing how acquisitiveness corrodes judgment and harms the world around him.

Word by Word

अपिalso/even

संचयबुद्धिम्the intention/mindset of hoarding

लोभमोहवशंगतःhaving come under the sway of greed and delusion

उद्वेजयतिdisturbs/agitates

भूतानिcreatures/beings

पापेनby sin/evil conduct

अशुद्धबुद्धिनाwith an impure intellect

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Greed and delusion generate a hoarding mentality that corrupts discernment; from that corrupted judgment arise sinful actions that disturb and harm other beings. The verse frames inner vice (lobha, moha) as the root cause of outward social suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a moral exposition, describing the behavioral pattern of a person dominated by greed: he turns toward accumulation, becomes mentally impure, and through wrongful conduct causes fear and distress among living beings.