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
Darum ist der Zorn dessen, der nicht zur Demut gelangt, umso größer. Jetzt erkenne ich es klar: Es gibt etwas, das selbst dem Tod zum Lehrer wird.
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.