Shloka 9

Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Brahmacarya and the Formless Brahman

Udyoga Parva 44

Devanagari script

मदो5ष्टादशदोष: स स्यात्‌ पुरा यो<प्रकीर्तित: । लोवदेष्यं प्रातिकूल्यमभ्यसूया मृषा वच:

Transliteration

madaḥ aṣṭādaśa-doṣaḥ sa syāt purā yo ’prakīrtitaḥ | lokadveṣyaṁ prātikūlyam abhyasūyā mṛṣā vacaḥ ||

Translation

သနတ်စုဇာတက ရှင်းပြသည်— မဒ (မာနအရက်မူးခြင်း) သည် အပြစ်အနာအဆာများအဖြစ် ပေါ်ထွက်လာသည်။ ထိုအထဲတွင် လူထုက မနှစ်သက်သည့် အပြုအမူများပြုခြင်း၊ သာသ္တရ (śāstra) နှင့် ဆန့်ကျင်စွာ ကျင့်ခြင်း၊ သီလဂုဏ်ရှိသူတို့ကို အပြစ်တင်၍ မနာလိုခြင်း၊ နှင့် မုသာစကားပြောခြင်းတို့ ပါဝင်သည်။

Word by Word

• {'madaḥ': 'pride, arrogance

• also intoxication that clouds discernment', 'aṣṭādaśa-doṣaḥ': 'eighteen faults/vices (a traditional enumerative set)', 'sa syāt': 'it becomes/it is (said to be)', 'purā': 'formerly, earlier

• in prior teaching', 'yo ’prakīrtitaḥ': 'which was not fully proclaimed/explicitly stated', 'lokadveṣyam': 'that which is hated by people

• socially reprehensible conduct', 'prātikūlyam': 'opposition, contrariness

• acting against what is proper', 'abhyasūyā': 'envy, malicious fault-finding, disparagement (especially of the good)', 'mṛṣā': 'false, untrue', 'vacaḥ': 'speech, utterance'}

Speaker

सनत्युजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

• सनत्सुजात (Sanatsujāta)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pride (mada) is not merely a feeling but a generator of ethical collapse: it leads to socially condemned actions, disregard of śāstra, envious disparagement of the virtuous, and false speech—each of which undermines dharma and right judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-setting, Sanatsujāta instructs the listener on inner vices that obstruct wise decision-making. Here he highlights specific manifestations of mada, warning that these traits propel one toward adharma amid the tense pre-war deliberations.