Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततो मोहपरीतास्ता नापश्यन्त यथा पुरा । परस्परावमर्देन वर्धयन्त्यो यथासुखम्‌,मोहसे घिर जानेपर उनमें पहले-जैसी विवेकपूर्ण दृष्टि नहीं रह गयी; अतः वे परस्पर एक-दूसरेका विनाश करके अपने-अपने सुखको बढ़ानेकी चेष्टा करने लगे

Transliteration

tato mohapārītāstā nāpaśyanta yathā purā | parasparāvamardena vardhayantyo yathāsukham ||

Translation

Kemudian, apabila mereka diselubungi delusi, mereka tidak lagi melihat dengan pandangan budi yang jernih seperti dahulu. Demi menambah kesenangan sendiri, mereka mula menghancurkan satu sama lain—menjadikan mudarat sesama sebagai jalan kepada keuntungan peribadi.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

मोहपरीताःovercome by delusion

ताःthose (women/they)

नnot

अपश्यन्तsaw

यथाas, like

पुराformerly, before

परस्परावमर्देनby mutual crushing/hostility

वर्धयन्त्यःincreasing, trying to increase

यथाas, according to

सुखम्happiness, comfort

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parāśara

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When delusion (moha) overtakes people, discernment collapses and self-interest replaces dharma; the pursuit of personal pleasure then expresses itself as mutual oppression, producing social and ethical ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Parāśara describes a condition of moral confusion in which certain beings (spoken of in the feminine plural) lose their former clarity of judgment and, driven by desire for their own comfort, try to prosper by harming one another.