Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 140
Pitṛmātṛtīrtha Greatness & the Discourse on Embodiment: Karma, Birth, Impurity, and Dispassion
अधिकः कोपरस्तस्माद्यो न यास्यति लाघवम् । ज्ञातं मयेदमधुना मृत्योर्भवति यद्गुरुः
adhikaḥ koparastasmādyo na yāsyati lāghavam | jñātaṃ mayedamadhunā mṛtyorbhavati yadguruḥ
সেয়ে যি নম্ৰতালৈ নাযায়, তাৰ ক্ৰোধ অধিক তীব্ৰ হয়। এতিয়া মই স্পষ্টকৈ বুজিলোঁ—সেই তত্ত্বই মৃত্যুৰো গুৰুলৈ পৰিণত হয়।
Unspecified (context needed to identify the dialogue speaker reliably)
Concept: Anger grows heavier when humility is absent; true instruction is what can even discipline ‘Death’—i.e., the highest dharma/knowledge that subdues fear and ego.
Application: When anger arises, deliberately practice lāghava: pause, soften speech, reduce self-importance, and redirect energy into service; keep a daily discipline (niyama) that trains the mind.
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A stern teacher stands before a proud warrior or king whose clenched fists slowly relax as the lesson lands. In the background, a symbolic figure of Death (Yama) lowers his staff, suggesting that true humility and dharma can ‘teach’ even Death to withdraw.","primary_figures":["teacher/guru","proud listener (king/warrior)","symbolic Yama (background allegory)"],"setting":"palace courtyard transitioning into an ashram-like space—half worldly, half spiritual—to show the movement from pride to humility","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["burnt sienna","olive green","iron gray","amber","cream"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: guru admonishing a proud ruler; gold leaf on the guru’s aura and on symbolic Yama’s ornaments; rich red and green textiles, ornate pillars, and a composed, frontal icon-like arrangement emphasizing moral gravity.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: nuanced expressions—anger softening into humility; a quiet courtyard with trees and distant hills; Yama as a faint, poetic silhouette; cool greens and warm earth tones with delicate brushwork.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, dramatic gestures; the listener’s posture shifting from rigid to bowed; Yama stylized with traditional attributes; strong reds/yellows/greens and rhythmic composition like a temple wall narrative panel.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: allegorical scene framed by lotus and vine borders; central moral tableau with symbolic motifs (conch/disc in border) implying Hari’s dharma; deep blue and gold accents, peacocks at corners to signify transformed pride."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["firm mridangam strokes (soft)","temple bell","brief silence after key line","wind through courtyard"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कोपरस्तस्मात् = कोपः + अस्ति + तस्मात्; तस्माद्यो = तस्मात् + यः; मयेदम् = मया + इदम्; इदमधुना = इदम् + अधुना; मृत्योर्भवति = मृत्योः + भवति; यद्गुरुः = यत् + गुरुः
FAQs
It warns that anger intensifies when a person refuses humility, implying that cultivating meekness (lāghava/vinaya) restrains destructive wrath.
It indicates a principle so fundamental that it can instruct or govern even Mṛtyu (Death)—i.e., an overriding law such as dharma, time, or a higher spiritual truth (context needed to specify which).
Not explicitly in the given line; it reads as a moral-philosophical reflection. Broader Bhakti or deity-specific framing depends on the surrounding verses and speaker identification.