Shloka 6

Matsya Purana — The Legend of Acchodā: Pitṛloka

Devanagari script

वव्रे वरार्थिनी सङ्गं कुसुमायुधपीडिता योगाद्भ्रष्टा तु सा तेन व्यभिचारेण भामिनी //

Transliteration

vavre varārthinī saṅgaṃ kusumāyudhapīḍitā yogādbhraṣṭā tu sā tena vyabhicāreṇa bhāminī //

Translation

Tormented by Kāma, the Flower-weaponed one, she—seeking a husband—chose companionship; but, fallen from her yogic discipline, that passionate woman lapsed into misconduct through that act of infidelity.

Word by Word

• वव्रे (vavre): chose/selected

• वरार्थिनी (varārthinī): desiring a bridegroom/seek­ing a husband

• सङ्गम् (saṅgam): association/companionship/union

• कुसुमायुधपीडिता (kusumāyudhapīḍitā): afflicted by the one whose weapon is flowers (Kāma)

• योगात् (yogāt): from yoga/from spiritual discipline

• भ्रष्टा (bhraṣṭā): fallen/deviated

• तु (tu): indeed/but

• सा (sā): she

• तेन (tena): by him/thereby/by that (cause/act)

• व्यभिचारेण (vyabhicāreṇa): by transgression/unchastity/infidelity

• भामिनी (bhāminī): passionate woman/angry or proud woman

Speaker

• Likely Sūta (narrative voice) recounting an episode within Matsya Purana’s moral-illustrative storytelling; exact interlocutors not explicit from this single verse.

Entities Mentioned

• Kāma (Kusumāyudha)

Tags

• Kama
• Yoga
• Ethics
• Conduct
• Puranic narrative

FAQs

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

This verse does not discuss pralaya or cosmogony; it focuses on kāma (desire) disturbing yoga and leading to moral lapse.

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

It functions as an ethical warning: uncontrolled desire can break discipline and lead to vyabhicāra (transgression), implying the householder’s duty of restraint and fidelity and the ruler’s duty to uphold moral order.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No vastu/temple-building or ritual procedure is stated in this verse; its significance is ethical-psychological—how kāma undermines yogic steadiness.