Shloka 796
योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः
Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction
अभक्ष्यभक्षणरता निर्मर्यादा हतत्विष: । दैत्यगण कृतघ्न, नास्तिक, पापाचारी तथा गुरुपत्नीगामी हो गये हैं। जो चीज नहीं खानी चाहिये, वे भी खाते और धर्मकी मर्यादा तोड़कर मनमाने आचरण करते हैं। इसीलिये वे कान्तिहीन हो गये हैं
abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaratā nirmaryādā hatatviṣaḥ | daityagaṇāḥ kṛtaghnā nāstikāḥ pāpācāriṇaḥ tathā gurupatnīgāminaḥ abhavan |
Śakra said: “The hosts of Dānavas have become addicted to eating what ought not to be eaten. They have cast off all restraint and, by transgressing the bounds of dharma, act as they please; therefore their splendor has faded. They have turned into the ungrateful, the unbelieving, and habitual doers of sin—even going so far as to violate the sanctity of the teacher’s wife.”
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Indra links inner moral collapse to outward loss of splendor: when beings violate dharma—through forbidden consumption, lawlessness, ingratitude, disbelief, and grave sexual transgression—they become ‘hatatviṣ’, deprived of radiance. Ethical restraint (maryādā) is presented as the basis of dignity and power.
Śakra (Indra) describes the Daitya hosts as having fallen into adharma. He lists their corrupt behaviors—eating forbidden things, rejecting moral boundaries, becoming ungrateful and irreligious, and committing the extreme offense of approaching the guru’s wife—and explains that this is why they have lost their brilliance.