Shloka 135
The Marks of Merit and the Destinies of Beings
Divine vs Demonic Traits
ये च मद्यरताः पापा द्यूतकर्मरतास्तथा । पाषंडपतितालापाः शातयंति धरां नराः
ye ca madyaratāḥ pāpā dyūtakarmaratāstathā | pāṣaṃḍapatitālāpāḥ śātayaṃti dharāṃ narāḥ
وأولئك الرجال الآثمون المدمنون على المُسكِرات، وكذلك المولعون بالقِمار—الذين يخالطون الزنادقة والساقطين ويحادثونهم—يُنزِلون بالأرض شقاءً وأذىً.
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed from Adhyaya 76 framing dialogue).
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Sandhi Resolution Notes: द्यूतकर्मरतास्तथा = द्यूतकर्मरताः + तथा; शातयंति (पाठभेद) = शातयन्ति; पाषण्डपतितालापाः (समास)
FAQs
The verse criticizes addiction to intoxicants, devotion to gambling, and keeping company or engaging in discourse with those described as heretical or morally fallen—presenting these as causes of societal and cosmic harm.
It implies that immoral habits and corrupt associations do not remain private; they destabilize social order, increase suffering, and are portrayed as burdensome even to the wider world (symbolized by the Earth).
Even within a creation-focused khanda, the Purana frequently links cosmic order to human conduct; this verse frames personal vice and wrongful association as forces that undermine dharma and disturb the world’s harmony.