Shloka 8
अम्बरीषगाथा—गुणत्रयविभागः तथा लोभनिग्रहः
Ambarīṣa’s Gāthā: The Guṇas and the Restraint of Greed
यत्प्रयुक्तो जन्तुरयं वैतृष्ण्यं नाधिगच्छति । तृष्णार्त इह निम्नानि धावमानो न बुध्यते,“उसीकी प्रेरणासे इस प्राणीको वैराग्य नहीं होता। तृष्णाके वशमें पड़ा हुआ मनुष्य संसारमें नीच कर्मोंकी ओर दौड़ता है, सचेत नहीं होता
yatprayukto jantur ayaṁ vaitṛṣṇyaṁ nādhigacchati | tṛṣṇārta iha nimnāni dhāvamāno na budhyate ||
“ด้วยแรงผลักดันนั้นเอง สัตว์โลกนี้จึงไม่บรรลุความสิ้นตัณหา (ไวตฤษฺณยะ). เมื่อถูกตัณหาครอบงำ มนุษย์ก็พุ่งไปสู่การกระทำอันต่ำทรามในโลกนี้ และมิได้ตื่นรู้เลย”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Craving (tṛṣṇā) is portrayed as a driving force that blocks dispassion (vaitṛṣṇya). When a person is ruled by desire, he tends to run toward morally ‘low’ choices and loses reflective awareness; ethical clarity requires stepping out of that compulsion.
A Brahmin speaker comments on the inner condition of an embodied being: under the push of a certain motivating force (implied to be desire/impulse), the person cannot reach detachment and, tormented by craving, rushes into base actions without realizing the consequences.