Shloka 93
यक्ष उवाच को मोह: प्रोच्यते राजन् कश्च मान: प्रकीर्तित: । किमालस्यं च विज्ञेयं कक्ष शोक: प्रकीर्तितः:
yakṣa uvāca: ko mohaḥ procyate rājan kaś ca mānaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | kim ālasyam ca vijñeyaṃ kaś ca śokaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ||
ଯକ୍ଷ କହିଲା— ହେ ରାଜନ୍! ମୋହ କାହାକୁ କୁହାଯାଏ? ମାନ (ଅହଂକାର) କ’ଣ ବୋଲି ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ? ଆଳସ୍ୟ କ’ଣ ବୋଲି ଜାଣିବା ଉଚିତ? ଏବଂ ଶୋକ କ’ଣ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଇଛି?
यक्ष उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames an ethical inquiry: it asks for clear definitions of inner faults—delusion, pride, laziness, and grief—so that a ruler (and any seeker of dharma) can recognize and overcome them through discernment and right conduct.
In the Yakṣa–praśna episode of the Vana Parva, the Yakṣa questions the king in a sequence of moral and philosophical riddles. Here, the Yakṣa asks the king to define four mental states that obstruct dharma and wise action.