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Shloka 17

Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption

लोभान्मोहादनुक्रोशाद्‌ भयाद्‌ वाप्यबहुश्रुतः:

lobhān mohād anukrośād bhayād vāpy abahuśrutaḥ

യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ലോഭം കൊണ്ടോ, മോഹം കൊണ്ടോ, അയോഗ്യമായ കരുണ കൊണ്ടോ, ഭയം കൊണ്ടോ പോലും—ശാസ്ത്രങ്ങളിൽ നന്നായി ഉപദേശിക്കപ്പെടാത്തവൻ തെറ്റായി പ്രവർത്തിച്ച് അധർമ്മം ആചരിക്കുന്നു.

लोभात्from greed
लोभात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
मोहात्from delusion
मोहात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootमोह
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
अनुक्रोशात्from compassion/pity
अनुक्रोशात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअनुक्रोश
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
भयात्from fear
भयात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अबहुश्रुतःone who is not well-learned; uneducated
अबहुश्रुतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-बहुश्रुत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

Ethical failure often arises from inner impulses—greed, delusion, fear, and even compassion when it is not guided by dharma. Therefore, true moral action requires learning (śāstra), reflection, and discernment, not merely emotion.

In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction-focused setting, Yudhiṣṭhira frames a moral inquiry by listing the common psychological causes that lead an insufficiently educated person to deviate from righteous conduct.