Shloka 5

Adhyāya 272: Vṛtrasya Dharmiṣṭhatā, Indrasya Mohaḥ, Vasiṣṭha-upadeśaḥ

Vṛtra’s dharmic stature; Indra’s disorientation; Vasiṣṭha’s counsel

Devanagari script

ततो राग: प्रभवति द्वेषश्चन तदनन्तरम्‌ | ततो लोभ: प्रभवति मोहश्न॒ तदनन्तरम्‌

Transliteration

tato rāgaḥ prabhavati dveṣaś ca na tadanantaram | tato lobhaḥ prabhavati mohaś ca tadanantaram |

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“由与诸境相触，贪著生起；紧随其后，对不顺意者便生嗔憎。继而对顺意者生贪求；贪后则痴迷攫住其心。于是内在的堕落以连锁反应开始：一念滋养一念，遮蔽正见与达摩。”

Word by Word

• ततः: then; from that
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• रागः: attachment; passion
• रागः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभवति: arises; comes into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√भू (प्रभवति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• द्वेषः: aversion; hatred
• द्वेषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वेष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तत्-अनन्तरम्: immediately after that
• तत्-अनन्तरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (तत् + अनन्तर)

• ततः: then; from that
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• लोभः: greed; covetousness
• लोभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभवति: arises; comes into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√भू (प्रभवति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मोहः: delusion; infatuation
• मोहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तत्-अनन्तरम्: immediately after that
• तत्-अनन्तरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (तत् + अनन्तर)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma outlines a psychological-ethical chain: attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa) arise from engagement with objects, leading to greed (lobha) and culminating in delusion (moha). The teaching urges vigilance and restraint, because once moha dominates, discernment and dharma are easily lost.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and inner discipline. Here he explains how the mind becomes entangled: reactions to favorable and unfavorable experiences generate successive mental faults that bind a person and derail righteous conduct.