क्रोधः शोकस् तथा तृष्णा लोभः पैशुन्यम् एव च ॥
मत्सरश् च विवित्सा च परितापस् तथा रतिः ॥
अपस्मारः सातिवादस् तथा संभावनात्मनि ॥
एतैर् विमुक्तो दोषैर् यः स दमः सद्भिर् उच्यते ॥
श्रेयांस् तु षड्विधस् त्यागः प्रियं प्राप्य न हृष्यति ॥
अप्रिये तु समुत्पन्ने व्यथां जातु न चार्च्छति ॥
इष्टान् दारांश् च पुत्रांश् च न चान्यं यद् वचो भवेत् ॥
अर्हते याचमानाय प्रदेयं तद् वचो भवेत् ॥
अप्य् अवाच्यं वदत्य् एव स तृतीयो गुणः स्मृतः ॥
त्यक्तैर् द्रव्यैर् यो भवति नोपयुङ्क्ते च कामतः ॥
न च कर्मसु तद् धीनः शिष्यबुद्धिर् नरो यथा ॥
सर्वैर् एव गुणैर् युक्तो द्रव्यवान् अपि यो भवेत् ॥
krodhaḥ śokas tathā tṛṣṇā lobhaḥ paiśunyam eva ca ||
matsaraś ca vivitsā ca paritāpas tathā ratiḥ ||
apasmāraḥ sātivādas tathā saṃbhāvanātmani ||
etair vimukto doṣair yaḥ sa damaḥ sadbhir ucyate ||
śreyāṃs tu ṣaḍvidhas tyāgaḥ priyaṃ prāpya na hṛṣyati ||
apriye tu samutpanne vyathāṃ jātu na cārcchati ||
iṣṭān dārāṃś ca putrāṃś ca na cānyaṃ yad vaco bhavet ||
arhate yācamānāya pradeyaṃ tad vaco bhavet ||
apy avācyaṃ vadaty eva sa tṛtīyo guṇaḥ smṛtaḥ ||
tyaktair dravyair yo bhavati nopayuṅkte ca kāmataḥ ||
na ca karmasu tad dhīnaḥ śiṣyabuddhir naro yathā ||
sarvair eva guṇair yukto dravyavān api yo bhavet ||
The eighteen faults (enumerated above) constitute what is called mada, or pride. Renunciation is of six kinds. The reverse of these six are again the breaches called mada. (Thus the faults called mada number eighteen and six.) All six kinds of renunciation are praiseworthy. Only the third is difficult to practice, but through it all sorrows are overcome. Indeed, if such renunciation is put into practice, he who performs it conquers all the pairs of opposites in the world. 'All six kinds of renunciation are praiseworthy. They are these: the first never feels joy over prosperity. The second is the giving up of sacrifices, prayers, and pious acts. That which is called the third, O king, is the giving up of desires, or withdrawal from the world. Indeed, this follows from this third kind of relinquishing of desires, which is marked by the renunciation of all objects of enjoyment without having enjoyed them — not their abandonment after having enjoyed them to the full, nor abandonment after acquisition, nor abandonment only after one has become incapable of enjoyment through loss of appetite. The fourth kind of renunciation consists in this: a man should not grieve, nor let sorrow torment him, when his undertakings fail despite his possessing every virtue and every kind of wealth; or, when something unpleasant occurs, the man feels no pain — in not begging even from his own sons, wives, and others who may be very dear to him. Vows (of restraint) and the non-acceptance (of gifts).'
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This passage, 5.43.16–20, develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort for peace unfolds against the backdrop of an already-looming war. Dharma here is revealed through speech, the choice of embassy, faithfulness to one's word, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.