Shloka 53
Matsya Purana — Inquiry into Yayāti’s Story and the Kacha–Devayānī Episode
*देवयान्युवाच द्वौ मां शोकाव् अग्निकल्पौ दहेतां कचस्य नाशस्तव चैवोपघातः कचस्य नाशे मम नास्ति शर्म तवोपघाते जीवितुं नास्मि शक्ता //
*devayānyuvāca dvau māṃ śokāv agnikalpau dahetāṃ kacasya nāśastava caivopaghātaḥ kacasya nāśe mama nāsti śarma tavopaghāte jīvituṃ nāsmi śaktā //
Devayānī said: “Two griefs, like fire, burn me—Kacha’s destruction, and your own injury. If Kacha is lost, there is no peace for me; and if you are harmed, I am not able to go on living.”
FAQs
This verse does not discuss Pralaya; it is a human-scale lament within an Itihasa-style narrative, using “fire-like grief” as a metaphor rather than a cosmic dissolution theme.
Indirectly, it highlights how personal attachments and the harm of loved ones can destabilize judgment; Matsya Purana narratives often use such emotional crises to underscore the need for self-control, ethical conduct, and responsibility amid relationships.
No Vastu, temple-building, or ritual procedure is stated in this verse; its focus is emotional conflict and the consequences of loss and injury.