Shloka 156
Adhyāya 159 — Dāna–Dakṣiṇā, Āpaddharma Measures, and Prāyaścitta Classifications
भवन्त्येतानि कौरव्य लुब्धानामकृतात्मनाम् | जिसने अपने मन और इन्द्रियोंको काबूमें कर लिया है
bhavanty etāni kauravya lubdhānām akṛtātmanām |
भीष्म उवाच—कौरव्य! भवन्त्येतानि लुब्धानामकृतात्मनाम्। यः स्वमन इन्द्रियाणि च वशीकृतवान्, स मोहसहितं लोभं जयेत। कुरुनन्दन! दम्भो द्रोहश्च निन्दा पैशुन्यं मत्सरश्च—एते दोषा अजितात्मसु लुब्धेष्वेव भवन्ति।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed, when joined with delusion, becomes the root-condition for multiple moral vices. Therefore, the disciplined person—one who has mastered mind and senses—should overcome greed (lobha) along with delusion (moha), since hypocrisy, malice, slander, gossip, and envy cluster around uncontrolled greed.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and ethical governance. Here he characterizes the psychological profile of the greedy and unself-controlled, listing the typical faults that arise from such a disposition.