Shloka 433
कण्वोपदेशः—नश्वरबलविवेकः तथा मातलिगुणकेश्याः आख्यानारम्भः
Kaṇva’s Counsel on Impermanent Power; Opening of the Mātali–Guṇakeśī Narrative
मात्सर्याहंकृती चैव क्रमादेव उदाह्वता: । इन अस्त्रोंसे विद्ध होनेपर सभी मनुष्य मृत्युको प्राप्त होते हैं। काम
mātsaryāhaṅkṛtī caiva kramād eva udāhṛtāḥ | etair astraiḥ viddhaḥ sarvo manuṣyo mṛtyuṃ prāpnoti | kāmaḥ krodho lobho moho madaḥ mānaḥ mātsaryaṃ ca ahaṅkāraś ca—ete kramāśaḥ aṣṭau doṣāḥ proktāḥ, yeṣāṃ pratikasvarūpāṇi uktāni aṣṭau astrāṇi |
罗摩说道：“嫉妒与我慢亦按次第被提及。凡为这些‘武器’所伤者，人人皆趋于死亡。欲、嗔、贪、痴、醉（狂）、慢、嫉与我执——依次为八种过失；所说八般兵器，正是它们的象征对应。”
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage teaches that the gravest dangers are inner: eight vices—desire, anger, greed, delusion, intoxication, pride, envy, and ego—function like weapons that ‘kill’ a person by destroying discernment, relationships, and dharmic conduct.
Rama is delivering a moral instruction, using the imagery of weapons (astras) to explain how specific psychological faults strike human beings and lead them toward ruin, as part of a broader didactic conversation in the Udyoga Parva.