Shloka 52
Prohibitions and Rules of Right Conduct (Ācāra): Theft, Speech, Purity, Residence, and Social Boundaries
न च क्रोधवशं गच्छेद्द्वेषं रागं च वर्जयेत् । लोभं दंभं तथा शाठ्यं ह्यसूयां ज्ञानकुत्सनम्
na ca krodhavaśaṃ gaccheddveṣaṃ rāgaṃ ca varjayet | lobhaṃ daṃbhaṃ tathā śāṭhyaṃ hyasūyāṃ jñānakutsanam
క్రోధవశమున ప్రవర్తించకూడదు; ద్వేషమును, రాగమును విడిచిపెట్టాలి. లోభము, దంభము, శాఠ్యము, అసూయ మరియు సత్యజ్ఞాననిందను కూడా త్యజించాలి.
Unspecified (didactic narration within Svargakhaṇḍa 55)
Concept: Conquer inner enemies—anger, hatred, attachment, greed, hypocrisy, deceit, envy, and contempt for knowledge—to stabilize dharma and spiritual progress.
Application: Use a daily self-audit before worship: identify one trigger of krodha or lobha, practice a concrete counter-habit (pause, truthful speech, generous act), and avoid mocking sincere learning or spiritual practice.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: gaccheddveṣam = gacchet + dveṣam; hyasūyām = hi + asūyām.
FAQs
It teaches self-restraint: do not act from anger, and renounce hatred and attachment, along with greed, hypocrisy, deceit, envy, and contempt for true knowledge.
It means belittling or ridiculing genuine knowledge (spiritual wisdom, right understanding, or scriptural insight), which the verse treats as a moral fault to be abandoned.
By listing inner vices to avoid—anger, hatred, attachment, greed, hypocrisy, deceit, envy—it frames Dharma as purification of motives and conduct, not merely external ritual.