Shloka 16
इन्द्रद्युम्नोपाख्यानम्
Indradyumna Upākhyāna: On Kīrti, Smṛti, and Restoration
विद्याहीनानविज्ञानालल्लोभो<प्यभिभविष्यति । लोभक्रो धपरा मूढा: कामासक्ताश्न मानवा:
vidyāhīnān avijñānāl lobho 'py abhibhaviṣyati | lobha-krodha-parā mūḍhāḥ kāmāsaktāś ca mānavāḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya berkata: “Apabila manusia kehilangan ilmu dan daya pertimbangan yang sejati, ketamakan pasti menguasai mereka. Manusia yang terkeliru, didorong oleh tamak dan marah serta terikat pada nafsu indera, akan kehilangan kejernihan moral dan menjadi mangsa mudah bagi kejahatan.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ignorance and lack of discernment make a person vulnerable to greed; once greed takes hold, it is joined by anger and attachment to desire, leading to delusion and ethical collapse. The implied remedy is cultivation of vidyā (learning) and vijñāna (clear understanding) to restrain the inner enemies.
Mārkaṇḍeya is instructing his listeners in the Vana Parva by describing a moral pattern: when people lack education and insight, greed naturally dominates them, and they become driven by greed, anger, and sensual attachment—conditions that lead to harmful conduct.