Shloka 4
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Brahmacarya and the Formless Brahman
Udyoga Parva 44
सम्भोगसंविद् विषमो5तिमानी दत्त्वा विकत्थी कृपणो दुर्बलश्न । बहुप्रशंसी वन्दितद्विट् सदैव सप्तैवोक्ता: पापशीला नृशंसा:
sambhogasaṃvid viṣamo 'timānī dattvā vikatthī kṛpaṇo durbalaś ca | bahupraśaṃsī vanditadvit sadaiva saptaivoktāḥ pāpaśīlā nṛśaṃsāḥ ||
Sanatsujāta berkata: Mereka yang menumpukan hati pada kenikmatan indera; yang berliku dan tidak adil dalam tingkah laku; yang terlalu angkuh; yang memberi sedekah hanya untuk bermegah; yang kedekut; yang walau lemah tetap lantang membesar-besarkan diri; dan yang sentiasa memendam benci terhadap orang yang mulia dan patut dihormati—tujuh jenis manusia ini dinyatakan berdosa tabiatnya dan kejam hatinya.
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sanatsujāta identifies seven traits that mark a person as morally fallen and cruel: attachment to sensual pleasure, crookedness/unfairness, excessive pride, boasting after giving, miserliness, loud self-importance despite weakness, and habitual hatred of the truly honored. The teaching urges inner integrity—generosity without vanity, humility, and respect for the virtuous.
In the Udyoga Parva’s Sanatsujātīya discourse, Sanatsujāta instructs Dhṛtarāṣṭra on ethical and spiritual conduct. This verse is part of his moral diagnosis, listing destructive character-types that lead to sin and social harm, thereby warning the king against such dispositions in himself and his court.