Shloka 12
अध्याय २९४ — योगलक्षणम् तथा सांख्यपरिसंख्यानम्
Yoga Definition and Sāṃkhya Enumeration
ततः क्रोधाभिशभूतानां वृत्तं लज्जासमन्वितम् । ह्वीक्षेवाप्पनशद् राज॑स्ततो मोहो व्यजायत
tataḥ krodhābhibhūtānāṃ vṛttaṃ lajjāsamanvitam | hrīḥ kṣeva apanaśad rājan tato moho vyajāyata, rājan |
ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ, ਫਿਰ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਰ ਜਾਣ ਤੇ ਮਨੁੱਖਾਂ ਦਾ ਲੱਜਾ-ਨਿਯੰਤਰਿਤ ਸਦਾਚਾਰ ਨਾਸ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ; ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਸੰਯਮ ਵੀ ਟੁੱਟ ਗਿਆ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੋਹ ਉਪਜਿਆ।
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Anger is presented as a root vice: once it dominates a person, it erodes lajjā (moral shame) and hrī (restraint), and this loss of inner checks leads directly to moha (delusion), i.e., impaired discernment and ethical confusion.
Parāśara explains to the king a causal sequence in moral psychology: anger overwhelms people, their shame-based good conduct disappears, their inhibitions fall away, and then delusion arises—setting the stage for further wrongdoing.