Shloka 18
Nirmaryāda-saṃgrāma-varṇana — The Unbounded Clash and Bhīṣma’s Rallying Presence
अहंकार बल दर्प काम॑ क्रोध॑ च संश्रिता: । मामात्मपरदेहेषु प्रद्धिषन्तो5भ्यसूयका:+,वे अहंकार, बल, घमण्ड, कामना और क्रोधादिके परायण और दूसरोंकी निन्दा करनेवाले पुरुष अपने और दूसरोंके शरीरमें स्थित मुझ अन्तर्यामीसे द्वेष करनेवाले होते हैं?
ahaṅkāra-bala-darpa-kāma-krodha-saṁśritāḥ | mām ātma-para-deheṣu pradviṣanto 'bhyasūyakāḥ ||
Those who take refuge in egoism, brute strength, arrogance, desire, and anger—who are fault-finding and envious—come to hate Me, the indwelling Lord present within their own bodies and within the bodies of others. Ethically, the verse condemns self-centered pride and hostile envy as forms of spiritual blindness that turn a person against the divine presence in all beings.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ego, arrogance, desire, and anger—combined with envy and fault-finding—lead a person to oppose the divine presence that dwells equally within oneself and within others; spiritual hostility is rooted in these inner vices.
In the Bhīṣma Parva context, the discourse highlights moral and spiritual causes behind destructive behavior: certain people, dominated by pride and envy, become antagonistic to the Lord who abides as the inner ruler in all embodied beings.