The wicked person harms others without any purpose, any reason. Tulsidas Ji says,
बिनु स्वारथ पर अपकारी। अहि मूषक इव सुनु उरगारी॥
Binu svārath par apakārī. Ahi mūṣhak iv suni uragārī.
- Ramcharitmanas, Uttar Kand
He gives two examples: Ahi (snake) and mūshak (rat). Ahi means snake. A snake bites a person. The snake doesn’t get anything. Kuch milte nahi (it gains nothing). And the person dies.
Mūshak means a rat. A rat goes into a house and eats all the clothes and the paper. Kuch milte nahi (it gains nothing). It doesn’t get vitamins and protein from the clothes and the paper. That’s its nature. It just destroys. So does the wicked person.
Kagbhushundi Ji says to Garud Ji,
बयरु अकारन सब काहूँ सों।
जो कर हित अनहित ताहूँ सों॥Bayaru akāran sab kāhūṃ soṁ.
Jo kar hit anahit tāhūṃ soṁ.
- Ramcharitmanas, Uttar Kand
He makes enmity with everyone for no reason at all. He just makes enmity. He fights. He quarrels.
“Eh, idhar āo. Eh, jhāpar.” For no reason, “Eh, come here! I’m going to give you one slap!”
And if someone does something good - I gave the example yesterday. Vibhishan was giving good advice to Ravan,
“Return Sita! Take shelter of Ram!”
Ravan became even more angry. Someone tries to do something good, and the wicked person sees that as the worst thing. The scriptures say there are four kinds of people. ‘Chār prakār ke log hain’ (There are four kinds of people.),
एके सत्पुरुषाः परार्थघटकाः स्वार्थान् परित्यज्य ये।
सामान्यास्तु परार्थमुद्यमभृतः स्वार्थाविरोधेन ये॥
तेऽमी मानव-राक्षसाः परहितं स्वार्थाय निघ्नन्ति ये।
ये तु घ्नन्ति निरर्थकं परहितं ते के न जानीमहे॥Eke satpuruṣhāḥ parārtha-ghaṭakāḥ svārthān parityajya ye।
Sāmānyāstu parārthamudyama-bhṛitaḥ svārthāvirodhen ye॥
Te’mī mānav-rākṣhasāḥ parahitaṁ svārthāya nighnanti ye।
Ye tu ghnanti nirarthakaṁ parahitaṁ te ke na jānīmahe॥
The first kind of person is one who sacrifices his own happiness to help others. Even though he may come to harm, he will go out of his way just to help others. These are the Saintly people. The second kind of person is one who helps others, but first thinks about himself,
“Āpun pehle. - I will help you (but my interests come first).”
Someone is very hungry, a beggar, and he is begging,
“Please, ek roti dijiye (please give me one piece of bread). I am so hungry. For a whole week I haven’t gotten anything.”
“Acha, acha bhaiya (all right, brother). I am going to give you a roti (flatbread), but first I have to make sure I have enough.”
The third kind of person is one who harms others to satisfy his own self-interest. ‘Te’mī mānava-rākṣasāḥ parahitaṁ’ (they are human demons). They are said to be rakshas (demons), demons in human form. Someone sees a very hungry person who has not eaten for a whole week. By chance, someone gives him one loaf of bread. He goes and grabs away that loaf of bread and eats it himself, not caring that the hungry person may die.
And the fourth class of person is the wicked person. He harms others without any reason, without any purpose.
