Shloka 43
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
दुष्टतोयादिभोगेन तेषां दुष्कृतकर्मिणाम् ।
उपसर्गाः प्रवर्तन्ते मरणाय सुदारुणाः ॥
duṣṭatoyādibhogena teṣāṃ duṣkṛtakarmiṇām | upasargāḥ pravartante maraṇāya sudāruṇāḥ ||
بشرب الماء غير الطاهر وما شابهه، يُصاب فاعلو الشرور بمصائب مهولة تتجه بهم إلى الموت.
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FAQs
Adharma expresses itself not only as ‘sin’ in abstraction but as concrete disorder—impurity in consumption and conduct culminates in suffering and even death. The verse links inner moral failure (duṣkṛta) with outer vulnerability (upasarga).
Primarily Dharma/ācāra instruction embedded in narrative; not a direct sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita datum, though it supports the Purāṇic aim of dharma-upadeśa.
‘Impure water’ can be read as a symbol of contaminated prāṇa/saṃskāra; when the channels are polluted, ‘upasargas’ (disturbances) naturally manifest, culminating in dissolution of embodied stability.