Shloka 15
Adhyāya 159 — Dāna–Dakṣiṇā, Āpaddharma Measures, and Prāyaścitta Classifications
स लोभ: सह मोहेन विजेतव्यो जितात्मना | दम्भो द्रोहश्च निन््दा च पैशुन्यं मत्सरस्तथा
sa lobhaḥ saha mohena vijetavyo jitātmanā | dambho drohaś ca nindā ca paiśunyaṁ matsaras tathā ||
Bhīṣma nói: Người đã tự chế ngự mình phải chinh phục lòng tham cùng với mê muội; cũng vậy, phải thắng cả giả dối, ác tâm, lời phỉ báng, thói nói xấu sau lưng, và lòng ganh tị.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Self-mastery is presented as the means to defeat a cluster of inner vices—greed and delusion foremost, along with hypocrisy, malice, slander, backbiting, and envy—because these undermine righteous conduct and social harmony.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma after the war, Bhishma addresses the listener with ethical counsel, listing specific faults that a disciplined person must overcome as part of cultivating peace and right living.