Shloka 5
Adhyāya 159 — Dāna–Dakṣiṇā, Āpaddharma Measures, and Prāyaścitta Classifications
अक्षमा ह्वीपरित्याग: श्रीनाशो धर्मसंक्षय: । अभिध्याप्रख्यता चैव सर्व लोभात् प्रवर्तते,असहनशीलता, निर्लज्जता, सम्पत्तिनाश, धर्मक्षय, चिन्ता और अपयश-ये सब लोभसे ही सम्भव होते हैं
akṣamā hrī-parityāgaḥ śrī-nāśo dharma-saṅkṣayaḥ | abhidhyā-prakhyātā caiva sarvaṁ lobhāt pravartate ||
毗湿摩说道：“不堪忍耐、弃却羞耻、财富败落、法（Dharma）衰微——再加上贪念盘桓与恶名流布——这一切确实皆由贪欲而起。贪欲成为根本，使内心躁动与外在耻辱滋长，败坏品格与正行。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Greed (lobha) is presented as a root vice that generates multiple moral and social harms—loss of forbearance, loss of modest restraint, decline of prosperity, weakening of dharma, covetous fixation, and public disgrace.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous living, Bhīṣma continues advising Yudhiṣṭhira by diagnosing greed as the underlying cause behind several destructive traits and outcomes that corrode both personal character and social order.