Shloka 16
Sanatsujāta–Dhṛtarāṣṭra Saṃvāda: Brahmacarya and the Formless Brahman
Udyoga Parva 44
द्वादशैते महादोषा मनुष्यप्राणनाशना: । सनत्सुजातजी कहते हैं--राजन्! शोक
dvādaśaite mahādoṣā manuṣyaprāṇanāśanāḥ | yato yajñāḥ pravardhante satyasyaivāvaro dhanāt | manasānyasya bhavati vācānyasyātha karmaṇā ||
萨那苏阇多说道：“大王啊，有十二种大过失，足以摧毁人的生命：忧愁、愤怒、贪婪、欲望、傲慢、嗜睡过度、嫉妒、迷妄、渴爱、怯懦、在德行中挑毛病的习气，以及诽谤。由于未能证悟真理之真性——梵（Brahman）——由欲望驱使的祭祀便滋长蔓延；有人以心为祭，有人以言为祭，有人以身行而成祭。”
सनत्युजात उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sanatsujāta warns that twelve inner vices are ‘life-destroying’ and urges ethical self-governance. He further reframes yajña as not merely an external rite: sacrifice can be mental, verbal, or physical, and when Truth (Brahman/Satya) is not realized, people multiply desire-driven rituals instead of pursuing inner realization.
In Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs King Dhṛtarāṣṭra during a grave political-moral crisis preceding the war. The teaching turns from courtly anxiety to spiritual counsel: identifying destructive emotions and redirecting attention from outward, wealth-linked ritualism to inner discipline and truth-awareness.