Shloka 58
राक्षसाधिपति: श्रीमान् मणिमान्नाम मे सखा । मौखर्यादज्ञानभावाच्च दर्पान्मोहाच्च पार्थिव,राजन! उन्हें देखकर ही मेरे एक मित्र राक्षसराज श्रीमणिमानने मूर्खता, अज्ञान, अभिमान एवं मोहके कारण आकाशसे उन महर्षिके मस्तकपर थूक दिया। तब वे क्रोधसे मानो सारी दिशाओंको दग्ध करते हुए मुझसे इस प्रकार बोले---
rākṣasādhipatiḥ śrīmān maṇimān nāma me sakhā | maukharyād ajñānabhāvāc ca darpān mohāc ca pārthiva rājann, tān dṛṣṭvaiva mamaikaḥ mitraḥ rākṣasarājaḥ śrīmaṇimān mūḍhatā-ajñāna-abhimāna-moha-kāraṇād ākāśāt teṣāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ mastakeṣu niṣṭhīvitavān | tataḥ te krodhāt sarvā diśo dagdhum iva māṃ prati evam ūcuḥ ||
Dhaneshvara said: “O king, there is a splendid lord of the Rakshasas named Maniman (Śrīmaṇimān)—my friend. But out of foolish talk, ignorance, pride, and delusion, the Rakshasa-king, merely upon seeing those great sages, spat from the sky upon the heads of the maharshis. Then, inflamed with anger—as though scorching all the directions—they spoke to me in this manner.”
धनेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Arrogance and delusion lead to grave ethical transgression; insulting the spiritually accomplished (maharshis) is portrayed as a serious adharma that immediately invites powerful consequences. The verse frames wrongdoing as arising from inner faults—foolishness, ignorance, pride, and moha—rather than from necessity.
Dhaneshvara narrates to the king that his friend, the Rakshasa-king Maniman, arrogantly spat from the sky onto the heads of great sages. The sages, enraged and described as if burning the directions with their wrath, then address Dhaneshvara—setting up the next speech (often leading to a curse or retribution).