Shloka 7
Devanagari script
लोभात् क्रोध: प्रभवति परदोषैरुदीर्यते
Transliteration
lobhāt krodhaḥ prabhavati paradoṣair udīryate
Translation
ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ലോഭത്തിൽ നിന്നാണ് ക്രോധം ജനിക്കുന്നത്; മറ്റുള്ളവരുടെ ദോഷങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ചിന്ത അതിനെ കൂടുതൽ ജ്വലിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. അതിനാൽ അന്തഃസംയമം തകർന്നു, ധർമ്മവിവേകം മങ്ങിപ്പോകുന്നു।
Word by Word
लोभात्from greed
लोभात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
क्रोधःanger
क्रोधः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रभवतिarises, originates
प्रभवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू (प्र + भू)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
परदोषैःby others' faults
परदोषैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपरदोष
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
उदीर्यतेis stirred up, is provoked
उदीर्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootईर् (उद् + ईर्)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive (Karmani)
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Greed is identified as a root cause that generates anger, and anger grows stronger when one fixates on others’ faults; therefore, ethical living requires restraining desire and avoiding fault-finding that fuels resentment.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner peace, Bhishma teaches Yudhishthira about the psychological chain of vices—how greed gives rise to anger and how criticism of others becomes a trigger that intensifies it.