Shloka 13
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry and Sañjaya’s Etymologies of Kṛṣṇa’s Names
Puruṣottama-nāma-nirvacana
वैचित्रवीर्य पुरुषा: क्रोधहर्षसमावृता: । सिता बहुविधे: पाशैर्ये न तुष्टाः स्वकैर्धनै:
vaicitryavīrya-puruṣāḥ krodha-harṣa-samāvṛtāḥ | sitā bahu-vidhaiḥ pāśair ye na tuṣṭāḥ svakair dhanaiḥ ||
毗耶娑说道：“噢，毗奇多罗毗利耶之子啊，那些被愤怒与狂喜所笼罩、对自身财富不知满足的人——被种种罗网紧缚（如欲望与迷妄）——为自身业力所驱使，一次又一次落入阎摩（死神）的权下，犹如盲人追随盲人。”
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Lack of contentment and being ruled by anger and exhilaration—while bound by desire and delusion—causes repeated downfall; one’s own karma drives one again and again toward death’s dominion (Yama).
Vyāsa addresses the Kuru heir (a ‘son of Vicitravīrya’) with a moral warning: those in the royal line who are dissatisfied and emotionally driven become trapped in worldly snares and repeatedly meet ruin, like blind followers led by blind guides.