Shloka 10

Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine

Sanskrit

मन्युर्न खलु कर्तव्यो यत् पित्रातीव मन्युना ।

शप्ताः खगतामापन्नाः सर्वथा दिष्टमेव तत् ॥

Transliteration

manyur na khalu kartavyo yat pitrātīva manyunā /

śaptāḥ khagatvam āpannāḥ sarvathā diṣṭam eva tat

Translation

Wahrlich, dem Zorn soll man nicht nachgeben, besonders nicht dem Zorn, den man sogar gegen den eigenen Vater richtet. Verflucht gelangten sie in den Zustand von Vögeln; in jeder Hinsicht war dies nichts als Fügung (diṣṭa).

Speakers

• Frame-story narration within the Markandeya Purana’s early dialogue setting (exact speaker varies by recension; presented as a moral observation within the narrative)

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Ethics of speech and emotion
• Karmic consequence
• Filial duty (pitṛ-sambandha)
• Power of curse (śāpa)