Shloka 21

Matsya Purana — Manifestation of Kauśikī

Devanagari script

तामुवाच स कोपेन रूपात्तु व्यभिचारिणीम् प्रयोजनं न ते ऽस्तीह गच्छ यावन्न भेत्स्यसे //

Transliteration

tāmuvāca sa kopena rūpāttu vyabhicāriṇīm prayojanaṃ na te 'stīha gaccha yāvanna bhetsyase //

Translation

Then he said to her in anger, “You are an adulteress, straying from the proper conduct. You have no purpose here—go at once, before you are punished.”

Word by Word

• ताम् (tām): to her

• उवाच (uvāca): said

• स (sa): he

• कोपेन (kopena): in anger

• रूपात् (rūpāt): from proper form/true nature/right conduct

• तु (tu): indeed/but

• व्यभिचारिणीम् (vyabhicāriṇīm): adulteress, one who deviates/acts immorally

• प्रयोजनम् (prayojanam): purpose, need, business

• न (na): not

• ते (te): for you/your

• अस्ति (asti): is

• इह (iha): here

• गच्छ (gaccha): go

• यावत् (yāvat): until/before

• न (na): not

• भेत्स्यसे (bhetsyase): you will be struck/punished (lit. ‘you will be split/attacked’).

Speaker

• Unspecified male speaker in the narrative (contextual rebuke to a woman described as vyabhicāriṇī)

Tags

• Dharma
• Conduct
• Rebuke
• Social Ethics
• Narrative Episode

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

This verse does not address Pralaya; it focuses on personal misconduct and immediate moral-social consequences within a narrative scene.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

It reflects a dharma-oriented stance: protecting household and social order by rejecting conduct seen as vyabhicāra (moral deviation), implying that a householder or ruler must discourage actions that destabilize family and community norms.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu, temple-building, iconography, or ritual procedure is mentioned; the verse is ethical and narrative rather than technical.