Shloka 17
अध्याय २८६ — पराशर-उपदेशः
Ethical Restraint, Mortality, and Karma
प्रियं हि हर्षजननं हर्ष उत्सेकवर्धन: । उत्सेको नरकायैव तस्मात् तान् संत्यजाम्यहम्
priyaṃ hi harṣajananaṃ harṣa utsekavardhanaḥ | utseko narakāyaiva tasmāt tān saṃtyajāmy aham ||
所爱之物生欢喜；欢喜复长增上慢。增上慢唯导向地狱。是故我舍此三者——对所爱之执著、由此而起之欢喜，以及随之而来的骄矜。
समड़ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns of a moral chain: attachment to what is pleasing gives rise to joy; joy can inflate pride; pride becomes spiritually ruinous. Hence one should renounce the sequence—clinging to the dear object, the intoxicating delight, and the resulting arrogance.
In the didactic setting of the Śānti Parva, the speaker presents a reflective ethical conclusion: recognizing how pleasant attachments can culminate in destructive pride, he declares his resolve to abandon these three causes.