Shloka 28
Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
Sanskrit
कृमयो मांसमादाय पादतोऽस्य महीतले ।
पतिष्यन्तीति शापान्तं तस्य चक्रे पिता स्वयम् ॥
Transliteration
kṛmayo māṃsam ādāya pādato 'sya mahītale / patiṣyantīti śāpāntaṃ tasya cakre pitā svayam
Translation
„Würmer werden das Fleisch von seinen Füßen wegnehmen und zu Boden fallen“ — so setzte der Vater selbst der Verfluchung eine Grenze, ein Ende.
Speakers
Narratorial Purāṇic narration
Primary Deities
Sūrya (as father figure in the episode)Yama/Dharmadṛṣṭi (contextual)
Key ThemesCurse and mitigationPaternal interventionKarmic causality