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Shloka 12

Saṃsāra-gahana-jñāna: Vidura’s Account of Embodiment, Bondage, and Dharmic Release (संसारगहन-ज्ञानम्)

अहो विनिकृतो लोको लोभेन च वशीकृत: । लोभक्रोधभयोन्मत्तो नात्मानमवबुध्यते,अहो! लोभके वशीभूत होकर यह सारा संसार ठगा जा रहा है। लोभ, क्रोध और भयसे यह इतना पागल हो गया है कि अपने-आपको भी नहीं जानता

aho vinikṛto loko lobhena ca vaśīkṛtaḥ | lobhakrodhabhayonmatto nātmānam avabudhyate ||

Vidura than thở: “Ôi, thế gian đang bị lừa dối và hủy hoại dưới ách thống trị của lòng tham. Bị lòng tham, cơn giận và nỗi sợ xô vào cơn cuồng loạn, con người đánh mất tri kiến về chính mình—không còn nhận ra lợi ích chân thật và phương hướng đạo đức của đời mình.”

अहोalas!/oh!
अहो:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअहो
विनिकृतःdeceived/cheated
विनिकृतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootविनिकृत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लोकःthe world/people
लोकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लोभेनby greed
लोभेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वशीकृतःbrought under control/subjugated
वशीकृतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootवशीकृत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
लोभgreed
लोभ:
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्रोधanger
क्रोध:
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भयfear
भय:
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
उन्मत्तःmaddened/deranged
उन्मत्तः:
TypeAdjective
Rootउन्मत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आत्मानम्self
आत्मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अवबुध्यतेunderstands/realizes
अवबुध्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootअव√बुध्
FormPresent, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
अहोalas!/oh!
अहो:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअहो

विदुर उवाच

V
Vidura
L
loka (the world/people)

Educational Q&A

Greed enslaves the mind and, together with anger and fear, produces moral confusion. When these forces dominate, a person loses discernment and even fails to recognize the self—meaning one’s true welfare, conscience, and dharmic orientation.

In Strī Parva, amid grief and reflection after the war, Vidura voices a moral diagnosis of human downfall: society is ‘cheated’ because people become controlled by greed, and the resulting anger and fear drive them into a frenzy that destroys self-awareness and right conduct.