Shloka 11
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
नित्यं क्रोधात् तपो रक्षेच्छ़ियं रक्षेच्च मत्सरात् । विद्यां मानावमानाभ्यामात्मानं तु प्रमादतः
nityaṁ krodhāt tapo rakṣec chriyaṁ rakṣec ca matsarāt | vidyāṁ mānāvamānābhyām ātmānaṁ tu pramādataḥ ||
那罗陀说：当恒常护持苦行（tapas）不为嗔怒所毁，护持富贵不为嫉妒所伤，护持学识不为荣辱所扰，并守护自身不陷于放逸。此教诲在于：内在的德行与成就，主要并非为外敌所夺，而是被这四种内过悄然瓦解，令修行之功、世间安泰与自制之力尽皆败坏。
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches vigilant self-guarding: anger destroys austerity, envy corrodes prosperity, obsession with honor/dishonor destabilizes learning, and heedlessness endangers the whole person. Therefore one should treat these inner faults as the primary threats to dharmic life.
Nārada is instructing the listener in Shānti Parva with practical ethical counsel, listing specific inner dangers and what each one undermines, as part of a broader discourse on peace, self-discipline, and sustaining virtue.