Shloka 21

Duryodhana-vadha-pratikriyā: Harṣa, Nindā, and Kṛṣṇa’s Nīti-vyākhyā (Śalya-parva 60)

Devanagari script

अर्थश्षात्यर्थलुब्धस्य कामश्नातिप्रसज्धिण:

Transliteration

arthaśātyārthalubdhasya kāmaś cātiprasajyate

Translation

Sañjaya nói: Với kẻ tham của cải và bị thúc đẩy bởi lòng ham lợi, dục vọng bám chặt quá mức và vượt quá giới hạn—đẩy người ấy ra ngoài sự tự chế và nề nếp đúng đắn.

Word by Word

• अर्थशास्त्रार्थलुब्धस्य: of one greedy for the object/meaning of artha-śāstra (political/economic treatise)
• अर्थशास्त्रार्थलुब्धस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थशास्त्रार्थलुब्ध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कामः: desire
• कामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अतिप्रसज्यते: becomes excessively attached / clings too much
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√सञ्ज्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Greed for wealth intensifies desire, causing it to cling and overextend; such unchecked craving undermines self-control and dharmic judgment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya offers a reflective observation on the inner causes of wrongdoing—how fixation on material gain fuels overpowering desire—within the broader war-time discourse of Shalya Parva.