Shloka 18
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Pramāda as Mṛtyu
Chapter 42
विकत्थन: स्पृहयालुर्मनस्वी बिभ्रत् कोपं चपलो<रक्षणश्न | एतान् पापा: षण्नरा: पापधर्मान् प्रकुर्वते नो त्रसनन््त: सुदुर्गे
vikatthanaḥ spṛhayālur manasvī bibhrat kopaṃ capalo 'rakṣaṇaś ca | etān pāpāḥ ṣaṇnarāḥ pāpadharmān prakurvate no trasantaḥ sudurge ||
Sanatsujāta nói: “Kẻ khoác lác, ham muốn, cứng đầu theo ý mình; nóng giận, thất thường và không biết tự chế—hạng người tội lỗi ấy có sáu loại, cứ làm điều ác, chẳng hề run sợ ngay cả khi lâm vào thế hiểm nghèo.”
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sanatsujāta identifies a cluster of inner vices—boastfulness, craving, stubborn self-will, anger, fickleness, and lack of restraint—as traits that drive people into sinful conduct, even when circumstances are dangerous. The ethical point is that unchecked dispositions (especially anger and undisciplined desire) erode fear of consequences and undermine dharma.
In Sanatsujāta’s instruction (within Udyoga Parva), he is diagnosing moral failings that lead to adharma. Here he lists six types/traits of wicked men and states that such people persist in sinful actions without trembling even in severe peril—an admonition relevant to the escalating conflict and the need for self-mastery.