Shloka 10
Jāpakānāṃ Gatiḥ — The Destinies of Japa-Practitioners (Śānti Parva 12.190)
सभी उपायोंसे लोभ और क्रोधको जीतना चाहिये। यही ज्ञानोंमें पवित्र ज्ञान है और यही आत्मसंयम है ।। वार्यो सर्वात्मना तौ हि श्रेयोघातार्थमुच्छितौ । नित्यं क्रोधाच्छियं रक्षेत् तपो रक्षेच्च मत्सरात्
sarvaiḥ upāyaiḥ lobhaṁ ca krodhaṁ ca jetavyam | etad eva jñāneṣu pavitraṁ jñānam etad evātmasaṁyamaḥ || vāryau sarvātmanā tau hi śreyoghātārtham ucchitau | nityaṁ krodhāc chriyaṁ rakṣet tapo rakṣec ca matsarāt ||
婆罗陀婆阇说道：当以一切可能之法战胜贪欲与嗔怒。此乃诸知之中最为清净者，亦唯此才是真正的自制。诚然，此二者——贪与嗔——当以全身全心弃绝，因为它们摧折人之至善。故当恒常护持福祉不为嗔怒所害，并护持苦行不为嫉妒所损。
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that conquering greed (lobha) and anger (krodha) is the essence of pure knowledge and genuine self-restraint; these inner enemies destroy one’s highest good, so one must guard prosperity from anger and guard austerity from envy.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, Bharadvāja delivers a concise ethical maxim, identifying greed and anger as primary obstacles to welfare and spiritual discipline, and prescribing vigilant inner protection against them.