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Shloka 60

Matsya Purana — Inquiry into Yayāti’s Story and the Kacha–Devayānī Episode

Devanagari script

*शौनक उवाच सुरापानाद् वञ्चनात् प्रापयित्वा संज्ञानाशं चेतसश्चापि घोरम् दृष्ट्वा कचं चापि तथाभिरूपं पीतं तथा सुरया मोहितेन //

Transliteration

*śaunaka uvāca surāpānād vañcanāt prāpayitvā saṃjñānāśaṃ cetasaścāpi ghoram dṛṣṭvā kacaṃ cāpi tathābhirūpaṃ pītaṃ tathā surayā mohitena //

Translation

Śaunaka said: Through deception and the drinking of surā, there arose a loss of consciousness and a terrible bewilderment of mind; and seeing Kaca—so handsome—thus intoxicated and deluded by wine…

Word by Word
शौनक उवाचŚaunaka said
शौनक उवाच:
सुरापानात्from/through drinking liquor
सुरापानात्:
वञ्चनात्through deception, trickery
वञ्चनात्:
प्रापयित्वाhaving caused to reach/attained (i.e., having brought about)
प्रापयित्वा:
संज्ञानाशम्loss of consciousness, fainting
संज्ञानाशम्:
चेतसःof the mind
चेतसः:
च अपिand also
च अपि:
घोरम्dreadful, terrible
घोरम्:
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
कचम्Kaca (proper name)
कचम्:
च अपिand also
च अपि:
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
अभिरूपम्handsome, pleasing in form
अभिरूपम्:
पीतम्drunk, intoxicated
पीतम्:
तथाlikewise/thus
तथा:
सुरयाby wine/liquor
सुरया:
मोहितेनdeluded, bewildered
मोहितेन:
Speaker
Śaunaka
Entities Mentioned
ŚaunakaKacaSurā (liquor)
Tags
NarrativeDeceptionIntoxicationEthicsMind

FAQs

This verse does not address pralaya; it focuses on an ethical-narrative moment where deception and liquor lead to loss of consciousness and mental delusion.

It highlights a core dharmic principle: avoid intoxication and deceit, because they destroy clarity of mind (cetas) and lead to harmful, uncontrolled actions—vices a householder or ruler must restrain.

No vastu, temple-building, or ritual procedure is taught in this verse; its significance is ethical-psychological, warning about the destabilizing effect of surā (intoxicants).

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