Shloka 17
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
सोऽयं किमात्मदोषेण मम दोषेण वा मुने ।
अस्मद्दुःखवहो जातो दौःशील्याद् बन्धुशोकदः ॥
so 'yaṃ kim ātmadoṣeṇa mama doṣeṇa vā mune /
asmad-duḥkhavaho jāto dauḥśīlyād bandhu-śokadaḥ
So, O sage, was this son born through his own fault, or through my fault—he who has become a bearer of sorrow to us, and by his bad conduct a giver of grief to our kinsmen?
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FAQs
The verse articulates a classic dharma-question: moral responsibility vs. inherited/parental causality. It pushes the inquiry beyond ritual correctness into character formation and karmic entanglement.
Ethical-philosophical dialogue (dharma-vicāra), outside pancalakṣaṇa categories.
The ‘fault’ dilemma mirrors the guṇa theory: tamasic tendencies may arise from prior saṃskāras (past impressions), challenging simplistic blame and urging compassionate discernment.