Shloka 21
Adhyāya 159 — Dāna–Dakṣiṇā, Āpaddharma Measures, and Prāyaścitta Classifications
दर्प: क्रोधो मद: स्वप्रो हर्ष: शोको5तिमानिता । एत एव हि कौरव्य दृश्यन्ते लुब्धबुद्धिषु
darpaḥ krodho madaḥ svapno harṣaḥ śoko ’timānitā | eta eva hi kauravya dṛśyante lubdhabuddhiṣu ||
毗湿摩说：“噢，俱卢的后裔啊，在那些被贪欲缠缚其心智的人身上，正可见这些过失——傲慢、忿怒、因自负而沉醉、迷妄之梦、狂喜、忧悲，以及过度的自我矜持。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed corrupts discernment and gives rise to a predictable cluster of inner vices—arrogance, anger, pride-intoxication, delusive imagining, emotional highs and lows, and excessive self-conceit—thereby undermining dharma and sound judgment.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīṣma continues his ethical counsel, diagnosing the psychological and moral symptoms that appear in people whose minds are dominated by greed.