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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । कथं समृद्धमप्यृद्धं तपो भवति केवलम् । सनत्सुजात तद्ब्रूहि यथा विद्याम तद्वयम्॥५-४३-६॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: How can austerity, even when well-provided for and flourishing, still be austerity alone? Sanatsujāta, explain that, so that we may understand it.
english translation
सनत्सुजात उवाच । क्रोधादयो द्वादश यस्य दोषास्तथा नृशंसादि षडत्र राजन् । धर्मादयो द्वादश चाततानाः शास्त्रे गुणा ये विदिता द्विजानाम्॥५-४३-७॥
Sanatsujāta said: O king, here are the twelve faults beginning with anger, and also the six beginning with cruelty. And the twelve virtues beginning with dharma are likewise set forth in the śāstra, as known among the twice-born (dvija).
english translation
क्रोधः कामो लोभमोहौ विवित्साकृपासूया मानशोकौ स्पृहा च । ईर्ष्या जुगुप्सा च मनुष्यदोषा वर्ज्याः सदा द्वादशैते नरेण॥५-४३-८॥
Anger, desire, greed and delusion; contentiousness, misplaced pity, and malice; pride and grief, and craving; jealousy and revulsion—these twelve are human faults and should always be avoided by a person.
english translation
एकैकमेते राजेन्द्र मनुष्यान्पर्युपासते । लिप्समानोऽन्तरं तेषां मृगाणामिव लुब्धकः॥५-४३-९॥
O king, such men attend upon people one by one, seeking a gap—a vulnerability—in them, like a hunter watching for his chance among animals.
english translation
विकत्थनः स्पृहयालुर्मनस्वी बिभ्रत्कोपं चपलोऽरक्षणश्च । एते प्राप्ताः षण्नरान्पापधर्मान्प्रकुर्वते नोत सन्तः सुदुर्गे॥५-४३-१०॥
Boastful, covetous, self-willed, bearing anger, fickle, and unreliable in protection—when these six traits arise in a man, they produce ignoble conduct; the virtuous do not act so, even under severe constraint.
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