Shloka 15
Viśokā Dvādaśī Vow, Guḍa-Dhenū (Jaggery-Cow) Gift, and Śaila-Dāna (Mountain-Charity) Rites
न मूल्यमादाद्वेश्यातः स भवानिह सांप्रतम् । सप्तद्वीपपतिर्जातः सूर्यायुतसमप्रभः
na mūlyamādādveśyātaḥ sa bhavāniha sāṃpratam | saptadvīpapatirjātaḥ sūryāyutasamaprabhaḥ
Because you did not accept any payment from the courtesan, you have now, here in the present, become the lord of the seven continents—radiant with a splendor equal to ten thousand suns.
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Concept: Refusal to commodify oneself (not taking payment for adharma) ripens into extraordinary prosperity and status; ethical restraint becomes the seed of royal fortune.
Application: Keep integrity in livelihood; decline gains that compromise conscience; treat wealth as a byproduct of dharma, not its replacement.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: मूल्यमादात् = मूल्यम् + आदात्; आदाद्वैश्यातः = आदात् + वैश्यातः (त् + व → द्व्); सप्तद्वीपपतिर्जातः = सप्तद्वीपपतिः + जातः (विसर्ग→र्)।
FAQs
It praises integrity and restraint—specifically, refusing improper or morally compromising gain—and presents a corresponding auspicious karmic result.
Literally “lord of the seven dvīpas,” it denotes universal sovereignty over the traditionally described seven continental divisions of the world in Purāṇic cosmography.
It is a hyperbolic Purāṇic expression for extraordinary glory and divine-like brilliance, emphasizing the magnitude of the reward.