Shloka 33
Satyavrata, Vasiṣṭha, and the Crisis of Dharma: Protection, Anger, and Vow-Discipline
पत्नी या यादवी तस्य सगर्भा पृष्ठतो गता । सपत्न्या च गरस्तस्यै दत्तः पूर्वं सुतेर्ष्यया
patnī yā yādavī tasya sagarbhā pṛṣṭhato gatā | sapatnyā ca garastasyai dattaḥ pūrvaṃ suterṣyayā
His Yādavī wife, being pregnant, walked behind him. Out of jealousy toward her co-wife’s son, that co-wife had earlier given her a dose of poison.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
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It highlights how envy (īrṣyā) becomes a binding pasha (bond) that drives adharma and suffering; Shaiva teaching urges purification of the heart so the soul (paśu) can turn toward Pati (Shiva) rather than toward rivalry.
Though narrative in tone, it supports the Purana’s ethic that devotion to Saguna Shiva and reverence for the Linga are meant to cleanse inner poisons like jealousy, replacing them with compassion and steadiness.
A practical takeaway is japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as repentance and inner detoxification, paired with cultivating non-harming (ahiṃsā) and restraint of envy in household life.