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Shloka 10

Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)

ता: कामलुब्धा: प्रमदा: प्रबाधनते नरान्‌ सदा । क्रोधं कामस्य देवेश: सहायं चासृजत्‌ प्रभु:

tāḥ kāmalubdhāḥ pramadāḥ prabādhanate narān sadā | krodhaṁ kāmasya deveśaḥ sahāyaṁ cāsṛjat prabhuḥ ||

കാമലോഭത്തിൽ മുങ്ങിയ ആ സ്ത്രീകൾ എപ്പോഴും പുരുഷന്മാരെ പീഡിപ്പിക്കുകയും അശാന്തരാക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു. ദേവേശ്വരനായ ആ പ്രഭു കാമത്തിന്റെ സഹായിയായി ക്രോധത്തെയും സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു.

ताःthose (women)
ताः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
कामलुब्धाःgreedy for desire (lust-driven)
कामलुब्धाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकामलुब्ध
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
प्रमदाःwomen
प्रमदाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमदा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
प्रबाधन्तेharass, oppress
प्रबाधन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + बाध्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada
नरान्men
नरान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
क्रोधम्anger
क्रोधम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कामस्यof desire (Kāma)
कामस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
देवेशःlord of the gods
देवेशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेवेश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहायम्a helper, ally
सहायम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहाय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
असृजत्created, produced
असृजत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
प्रभुःthe lord, the mighty one
प्रभुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
D
deveśa (Lord of the gods, commonly Indra)
K
kāma (Desire personified)
K
krodha (Anger personified)
P
pramadāḥ (women)

Educational Q&A

Unchecked desire (kāma) destabilizes the mind and social conduct, and anger (krodha) commonly arises as its accomplice; therefore restraint and discernment are essential for dharma.

In Bhīṣma’s didactic discourse in the Anuśāsana Parva, he explains how desire operates in human life and how it is reinforced by anger, warning about the moral and psychological consequences.