Shloka 67
Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda
Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity
न तेषां क्षीरपा: केचिज्जायन्ते कुलवर्धना: । प्रजाक्षयेण युज्यन्ते कुलवंशक्षयेण च
na teṣāṃ kṣīrapāḥ kecij jāyante kulavardhanāḥ | prajā-kṣayeṇa yujyante kula-vaṃśa-kṣayeṇa ca ||
قال شَكرا: «الذين يشربون اللبن بحلب أبقارٍ ما تزال لها عجولٌ صغار، لا يولد لهم في بيوتهم أحدٌ يكون “شاربَ لبنٍ” على الوجه القويم—ذريةً صحيحةً تحفظ البيت وتزيده. بل يُبتلون بفقد النسل، ويقع عليهم فناء العشيرة وانقطاع السلالة.»
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Exploiting a cow’s milk when her calf is still dependent—taking without due restraint and care—is treated as adharma; the text warns that such greed harms one’s own future through loss of progeny and decline of family lineage.
Śakra (Indra) delivers a moral warning: people who improperly consume milk taken from cows with young calves will not produce worthy offspring and will suffer prajā-kṣaya (loss of children) and kula-vaṃśa-kṣaya (decline of clan and lineage).