Shloka 30
अश्वमेधावसानम् — Dakṣiṇā-vibhāga and Avabhṛtha
Completion of the Aśvamedha
अपि संचयबुद्धिहि लोभमोहवशंगत: । उद्वेजयति भूतानि पापेनाशुद्धबुद्धिना
api sañcayabuddhiṁ hi lobhamohavaśaṅgataḥ | udvejayati bhūtāni pāpenāśuddhabuddhinā ||
वैशम्पायन उवाच— अपि सञ्चयबुद्धिं हि लोभमोहवशं गतः । उद्वेजयति भूतानि पापेनाशुद्धबुद्धिना ॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed and delusion generate a hoarding mentality that corrupts discernment; from that corrupted judgment arise sinful actions that disturb and harm other beings. The verse frames inner vice (lobha, moha) as the root cause of outward social suffering.
Vaiśampāyana continues a moral exposition, describing the behavioral pattern of a person dominated by greed: he turns toward accumulation, becomes mentally impure, and through wrongful conduct causes fear and distress among living beings.