NATURE OF AVIVEKA

Subhashitham : 021
यौवनं धनसम्पत्तिः प्रभुत्वमविवेकिता ।

एकैकमप्यनर्थाय किमु यत्र चतुष्टयं ॥

yauwanaM dhana-sampattiH, prabhutwamavivekitA |

ekaikamapyanarthAya kimu yatra chatuShTayaM ||

youth, abundance  of wealth, unbridled  authority and indiscretion;

each one is enough to cause havoc,  what to mention  where all four are present.

In this, it is to be noted that the first three are not bad by themselves. Only in association with the fourth ( indiscrimination ) they become defects . Bhagavad gita describes briefly the nature of evil minded:

दम्भो दर्पोऽभिमानश्च क्रोध: पारुष्यमेव च |

अज्ञानं चाभिजातस्य पार्थ सम्पदमासुरीम् || 4||

dambho darpo ’bhimānaśh cha krodhaḥ pāruṣhyam eva cha

ajñānaṁ chābhijātasya pārtha sampadam āsurīm

Hypocrisy , arrogance ,conceit, anger, harshness, and ignorance are the qualities of those who possess a demoniac nature –BG 16.4

Also, srutis and smrutis mention of three types of egos , arising out of erudition, wealth and nobility.

विद्यामदो धनमदस्तृतीयोऽभिजनो मदः ।

 मदा एतेऽवलिप्तानामेत एव सतां दमाः ॥

 Vidya mado dhana mado thrithiyo abhijana mada: I

Mada ethe avalipthaanaametha eva satham dhamaa: II

It is only those who are without intelligence , that suffer from ahankara due to vidya,dhana, or high-birth. Men of wisdom, through sense- control ( dama; ) they subdue the ahankara totally. 

मर्कटस्य सुरपानं मध्ये वृश्चिकदंशनं

तन्मध्ये भूतसंचारो यद्वा तद्वा भविष्यति ॥

markatasya surapaanam madhye vrshcikadamshanam |

tanmadhye bhuutasamcaaro yadvaa tadvaa bhavishyati ||
The state of those who have no sense-control are compared to a monkey, that has consumed toddy, bitten by a scorpion, and to top it all, possessed by a ghost.

The difference between the good and the evil is dramatically represented by Pandavas and the kauravas in the Mahabharata.

Sri Krishnaya thubyam nama