Shloka 30
अध्याय १२८: शिव–उमा संवादः — तिलोत्तमा, श्मशान-मेध्यता, तथा चातुर्वर्ण्य-धर्मः
Chapter 128: Śiva–Umā Dialogue—Tilottamā, the Ritual Valence of the Śmaśāna, and the Fourfold Duty-Code
चिराभिलषितं किंचित्फलमप्राप्तमेव ते । कृतमन्यैरपह्तं तेनासि हरिण: कृश:
cirābhilaṣitaṃ kiñcit phalam aprāptam eva te | kṛtam anyair apahṛtaṃ tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ ||
The Brahmin said: “Some fruit you had long desired was indeed meant to come to you, yet you did not obtain it. What you had brought about has been carried off by others; therefore, O deer, you have grown thin, your radiance faded by disappointment and loss.”
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical pain of unjust appropriation: even when one’s efforts are real, the expected ‘fruit’ may be lost to others, producing visible suffering. It implicitly urges protection of rightful outcomes and compassion toward those harmed by loss.
A Brahmin addresses a deer, diagnosing its emaciation as the result of a long-anticipated reward not being received because others have taken away what was achieved, leaving the deer weakened and lusterless.