No man admits to envy easily. The other enemies have at least some social cover. Kāma can be called passion. Krodha can be called standards. Lobha can be called prudence. Mada can be called confidence. Even moha can be called loyalty. But matsarya — jealousy, envy — has no flattering alias. Every

The man who cannot make a clean decision is almost always a man governed by moha. He knows what needs to be done. He has consulted the right sources, thought it through, and arrived at a clear conclusion. But when the moment of action comes, something intervenes — a pull toward

Pride is the only enemy that feels like a virtue while it is operating. Kāma at least produces a recognizable craving that a man can sometimes see for what it is. Krodha produces heat and discomfort that, in retrospect, is identifiable as a loss of control. Lobha, when examined, has

The greedy man in the popular imagination is easy to identify: ostentatious, grasping, unconcerned with others, openly acquisitive. He is not particularly difficult to condemn. The man governed by lobha is harder to identify because he looks almost nothing like this. He is careful with money, not extravagant. He works