Adhyāya 164: Gautama as Guest; Kaśyapa’s Satkāra and the Fourfold Arthagati; Journey to Virūpākṣa
एतेषामुदयं स्थान क्षयं च पृथिवीपते । हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि क्रोधस्योत्पत्तिमादित:
eteṣām udayaṃ sthānaṃ kṣayaṃ ca pṛthivīpate | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi krodhasyotpattim āditaḥ ||
ହେ ପୃଥିବୀପତି! ଏହି ଦୋଷମାନଙ୍କର ଉଦୟ, ସେମାନଙ୍କର ଆଶ୍ରୟ-ସ୍ଥାନ ଏବଂ ସେମାନଙ୍କର କ୍ଷୟ—ସବୁ ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ କହିବି। ଆସ, ସର୍ବପ୍ରଥମେ କ୍ରୋଧର ଉତ୍ପତ୍ତି କିପରି ହୁଏ ତାହା କହୁଛି।
भीष्म उवाच
Bhīṣma frames anger as a moral-psychological problem with a knowable lifecycle—origin, support, and dissolution—implying that ethical mastery begins by understanding how anger arises and what sustains it.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to the king, Bhīṣma transitions into a systematic explanation of inner faults, announcing that he will begin by describing the genesis of anger (krodha).