Shloka 24
कामद्रुम-रूपकः तथा शरीर-पुर-रूपकः
The Desire-Tree and the Body-as-City Metaphors
अभिमानो मृषावादो लोभो मोहस्तथाक्षमा | लिज्ञरानि रजसस्तानि वर्तन्ते हेत्वहेतुत:
abhimāno mṛṣāvādo lobho mohastathākṣamā | liṅgāni rajasastāni vartante hetvahetutaḥ ||
ヴィヤーサは説く。内なるいくつかの過失は、ラジャス（rajas）のグナを示す紛れもない徴である。すなわち、我慢（自負）、虚言、貪欲、迷妄、そして不寛容。これらが明白な因から起ころうと、因も見えずに現れようと、人の振る舞いに現れるなら、ラジャスの支配が明らかとなる——心は清明と自制ではなく、動揺と攪乱に駆られているのである。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
These five faults—egoism, lying, greed, delusion, and intolerance—are presented as diagnostic signs of rajas. Their appearance, whether triggered by circumstances or arising spontaneously, indicates a mind dominated by passion and agitation rather than sattva (clarity) and restraint.
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Vyāsa is characterizing the guṇas by their observable symptoms. Here he identifies behaviors and mental tendencies that reveal rajas, guiding the listener toward ethical self-assessment and cultivation of steadiness and truth.