Shloka 58
Adhyāya 208: Aṅgirasī-kanyāḥ
Enumeration of Aṅgiras’ daughters and attribute-names
पापानां विद्धयधिष्ठानं लोभमेव द्विजोत्तम । लुब्धा: पापं व्यवस्यन्ति नरा नातिबहुश्रुता:,विप्रवर! लोभको ही पापोंका घर समझो। जिन्होंने अधिकतर शास्त्रोंका श्रवण नहीं किया है, वे लोभी मनुष्य ही पाप करनेका विचार रखते हैं
pāpānāṁ viddhy adhiṣṭhānaṁ lobham eva dvijottama | lubdhāḥ pāpaṁ vyavasyanti narā nātibahuśrutāḥ ||
Sabe, ó melhor entre os duas-vezes-nascidos, que a cobiça é o próprio assento e fundamento dos pecados. Os homens cobiçosos—sobretudo os que não foram bem formados por muita escuta do ensinamento sagrado—voltam a mente para o mal e se resolvem a atos pecaminosos.
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed (lobha) is presented as the primary foundation of sinful behavior: when desire to possess dominates, it drives people to form intentions and make firm decisions to do wrong. Ethical restraint is strengthened by śāstric learning and disciplined reflection.
In the Dharma-vyādha episode of the Vana Parva, the hunter instructs a Brahmin seeker on practical dharma. Here he identifies greed as the underlying cause that leads ordinary people—especially the insufficiently instructed—to resolve upon sinful actions.