Shloka 15
दुर्वासाशापः, क्षीरसागरमन्थनम्, श्रीः (लक्ष्मी) उद्भवः तथा श्रीस्तुतिः
मां मन्यते ऽन्यैः सदृशं नूनं शक्र भवान् द्विजैः अतो ऽवमानम् अस्मासु मानिना भवता कृतम्
māṃ manyate 'nyaiḥ sadṛśaṃ nūnaṃ śakra bhavān dvijaiḥ ato 'vamānam asmāsu māninā bhavatā kṛtam
O Śakra (Indra), you surely deem me no different from other brāhmaṇas; thus, in the pride of your station, you have shown contempt toward me.
A brāhmaṇa sage addressing Indra (Śakra) in a rebuke (as narrated within Parāśara’s discourse to Maitreya).
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Indra’s offense toward Durvāsā and its consequences
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
Concept: Pride that belittles the holy leads to moral downfall and loss of divine support.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Cultivate humility toward saints/teachers and treat gifts and sacred persons with reverence.
Vishishtadvaita: Śrī and Bhagavat-prasāda are not merely ‘luck’ but grace that sustains sovereignty when dharma is honored.
FAQs
It highlights that even divine sovereignty is subordinate to dharma; pride toward sages and brāhmaṇas disrupts cosmic order and invites corrective consequences.
Power divorced from humility becomes adharma; the text uses deva–sage conflicts to show that arrogance leads to moral failure and eventual restoration of order.
Though Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purāṇic worldview implies Vishnu as the Supreme Reality who sustains ṛta/dharma, ensuring that arrogance is checked and harmony is re-established.