Mahābhārata · 7.61.50–51
॥
Devanāgarī
यद् वृत्तं तात संग्रामे मन्दस्यापनयैर् भृशम् ॥
लोभानुगतदुर्बुद्धेः क्रोधेन विकृतात्मनः ॥
राज्यकामस्य मूढस्य रागोपहतचेतसः ॥
दुर्नीतं वा सुनीतं वा तन् ममाचक्ष्व संजय ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
yad vṛttaṃ tāta saṃgrāme mandasyāpanayair bhṛśam ||
lobhānugatadurbuddheḥ krodhena vikṛtātmanaḥ ||
rājyakāmasya mūḍhasya rāgopahatacetasaḥ ||
durnītaṃ vā sunītaṃ vā tan mamācakṣva saṃjaya ||
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SánscritoIASTSignificado
यत् वृत्तम् तात संग्रामेyat vṛttam tāta saṃgrāmewhat happened, O dear one, in battle; what came to pass, dear one, in the fight
मन्दस्य अपनयैः भृशम्mandasya apanayaiḥ bhṛśamthrough the grievous blunders of the dull-witted; through the heavy blunders of the dull one
लोभानुगतदुर्बुद्धेःlobhānugatadurbuddheḥ[of him,] of evil mind, driven by greed; of the evil-minded, driven by greed
क्रोधेन विकृतात्मनःkrodhena vikṛtātmanaḥ[of him] whose soul is distorted by wrath; whose soul is warped by wrath
राज्यकामस्य मूढस्यrājyakāmasya mūḍhasya[of] the fool, craving the kingdom; of the fool, lusting for the kingdom
रागोपहतचेतसःrāgopahatacetasaḥ[of him] whose mind is struck down by passion; whose mind is smitten by passion
दुर्नीतम् वा सुनीतम् वाdurnītam vā sunītam vāwhether ill-led or well-led; whether badly conducted or well conducted
तत् मम आचक्ष्व संजयtat mama ācakṣva saṃjayathat tell me, O Sanjaya; that tell me, O Sanjaya
Traducción
"What happened, dear one, in the battle through the grievous blunders of the dull-witted — of the evil-minded one driven by greed, whose soul is distorted by wrath, the fool craving the kingdom, whose mind is struck down by passion — whether it was ill-conducted or well-conducted, that tell me, O Sanjaya."
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72f00642dd29 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 15:45:02 UTC
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The chapter closes with a precise diagnosis of the ruin: "lobhānugata… krodhena vikṛta… rājyakāmasya… rāgopahatacetasaḥ" — greed, wrath, lust for power, passion, all having struck down the reason. Dhritarashtra lists the inner enemies that destroyed his son. It is telling that this is itself the teaching on the root of evil: not outer circumstance but the passions — raga, lobha, krodha — that cloud discernment. The verse teaches that what destroys a man is not fate or a foe but his own untamed passions: greed, wrath and lust for power, once they seize the mind, lead to ruin more surely than any enemy, and in them lies the true cause of downfall.