Shloka 3
दमप्रशंसा — Praise of Self-Restraint
Dama
तस्य मायापिनद्धाड़ा नष्टतज्ञाना विचेतस: । मानवा ज्ञानसम्मोहात् ततः क्रोध॑ प्रयान्ति वै
tasya māyāpinaddhāḍyā naṣṭa-tajñānā vicetasaḥ | mānavā jñāna-sammohāt tataḥ krodhaṁ prayānti vai ||
毗湿摩说道：当世人被那位主宰的幻力（māyā）所遮蔽时，他们真实的理解与辨别力便被摧毁；在知见上迷乱之后，便落入嗔怒的支配之中。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When the mind is covered by the Lord’s māyā, knowledge and discernment collapse; from that cognitive-spiritual delusion arises anger. Ethical failure is traced to inner ignorance rather than merely external provocation.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and inner discipline. Here he explains a causal chain: divine māyā veils humans, delusion follows, and anger manifests—warning the king about the psychological roots of adharma.