Shloka 95
Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha
स्वर्गार्गलं लोभबीजं रागगुप्तं दुरासदम् । त॑ तु पश्यन्ति पुरुषा जितक्रोधा जितेन्द्रिया:
svargārgaḷaṃ lobhabījaṃ rāgaguptaṃ durāsadam | taṃ tu paśyanti puruṣā jitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ ||
ଏହା ସ୍ୱର୍ଗମାର୍ଗକୁ ଅଟକାଇଥିବା କବାଟ—ଲୋଭର ବୀଜ, ରାଗରେ ଗୁପ୍ତ, ଜୟ କରିବା ଦୁର୍ଲଭ। କିନ୍ତୁ ଯେମାନେ କ୍ରୋଧକୁ ଜୟ କରିଛନ୍ତି ଓ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟକୁ ନିୟନ୍ତ୍ରଣ କରିଛନ୍ତି, ସେମାନେ ତାହାକୁ ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ ଦେଖନ୍ତି।
श्षशुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed, concealed by attachment, becomes a powerful inner obstruction to spiritual good; only those who conquer anger and restrain the senses can recognize this obstacle and avoid being bound by it.
The speaker (identified as the father-in-law) delivers a moral instruction, describing an inner vice as a ‘bolt’ blocking heaven and praising the disciplined—those free from anger and sense-indulgence—as capable of discerning and overcoming it.