Previous Verse
Next Verse

Shloka 43

कण्वोपदेशः—नश्वरबलविवेकः तथा मातलिगुणकेश्याः आख्यानारम्भः

Kaṇva’s Counsel on Impermanent Power; Opening of the Mātali–Guṇakeśī Narrative

एतैरविंद्धा: सर्व एव मरणं यान्ति मानवा: । कामक्रोधौ लोभमोहौ मदमानौ तथैव च

etair avinddhāḥ sarva eva maraṇaṁ yānti mānavāḥ | kāmakrodhau lobhamohau madamānau tathaiva ca ||

Rāma nói: “Hết thảy con người, khi bị những thứ ấy (kẻ thù nội tâm) đâm xuyên và chế ngự, ắt sẽ đi đến cái chết. Dục vọng và sân hận, tham lam và mê muội, cũng như say đắm và kiêu mạn—đó là những sức mạnh đẩy người ta vào diệt vong.”

एतैःby these
एतैः:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
अविद्धाःpierced, struck
अविद्धाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + व्यध् (अविध्यति) / विद्ध (PPP)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed, certainly
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
मरणम्death
मरणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमरण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यान्तिgo, reach
यान्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootया (याति)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
मानवाःmen, humans
मानवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमानव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कामक्रोधौdesire and anger
कामक्रोधौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाम + क्रोध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
लोभमोहौgreed and delusion
लोभमोहौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ + मोह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
मदमानौintoxication/pride and conceit
मदमानौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमद + मान
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
तथाthus, likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

राम उवाच

R
Rāma
M
mānavāḥ (human beings)

Educational Q&A

Unchecked inner vices—desire, anger, greed, delusion, intoxication/arrogance, and pride—act like weapons that wound the mind and lead a person toward ruin; therefore self-restraint and clarity are essential for dharma.

In this passage, the speaker identified as Rāma delivers a moral warning within the Udyoga Parva’s counsel-oriented setting, emphasizing that human downfall is caused less by external enemies and more by these internal passions.