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Shloka 10

Khaḍgotpattiḥ (Origin and Dharmic Function of the Sword) | खड्गोत्पत्तिः

लोभप्रभवमज्ञानं वृद्ध भूय: प्रवर्धते । स्थाने स्थान क्षये क्षैण्यमुपैति विविधां गतिम्‌

lobhaprabhavam ajñānaṁ vṛddha bhūyaḥ pravardhate | sthāne sthāna-kṣaye kṣaiṇyam upaiti vividhāṁ gatim |

Bhishma nói: Vô minh sinh từ tham dục; và khi tham dục lớn lên, vô minh ấy lại càng tăng thêm. Chừng nào tham còn tồn tại, vô minh còn bám chặt; khi tham bị bào mòn tiêu giảm, vô minh cũng dần suy tàn. Bị tham và vô minh thúc đẩy, hữu tình mang thân xác trôi qua vô số nẻo tồn sinh, thọ sinh trong những bào thai muôn dạng.

लोभ-प्रभवम्arising from greed
लोभ-प्रभवम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootलोभप्रभव
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अज्ञानम्ignorance
अज्ञानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअज्ञान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
वृद्ध-भूयःgreater increase / increased state
वृद्ध-भूयः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवृद्धभूयस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्रवर्धतेgrows, increases
प्रवर्धते:
TypeVerb
Rootवृध्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
स्थानेin (its) place / in a position
स्थाने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
स्थान-क्षयेupon the decay of the (corresponding) place/state
स्थान-क्षये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्थानक्षय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
क्षैण्यम्diminution, waning
क्षैण्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्षैण्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उपैतिattains, reaches
उपैति:
TypeVerb
Root
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
विविधाम्various, manifold
विविधाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविविध
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
गतिम्course, destiny, state
गतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

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Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

Greed (lobha) is presented as a root-cause that generates and nourishes ignorance (ajñāna). As greed intensifies, discernment is further obscured; when greed is reduced, ignorance correspondingly diminishes. Therefore, ethical self-restraint and the curbing of greed are framed as practical means toward clarity and liberation.

In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by analyzing inner causes of bondage. Here he explains the causal chain by which lobha sustains ajñāna and, together, they propel the jīva through diverse births and destinies (vividhā gati).