Shloka 128
Puṣkara-Śapatha Itihāsa (Agastya–Indra Dispute at the Tīrthas) | पुष्कर-शपथ-आख्यानम्
ज्ञातीनां गृहमध्यस्था सक्तूनत्तु दिनक्षये । अभोग्या वीरसूरस्तु बिसस्तैन्यं करोति या
jñātīnāṁ gṛhamadhyasthā saktūn attu dinakṣaye | abhogyā vīrasūrastu bisastainyaṁ karoti yā ||
Viśvāmitra dijo: «Que la mujer que ha robado las fibras del tallo de loto (mṛṇāla/bisa) cargue con este pecado: permanecer en la casa, en medio de sus parientes, pero vivir en deshonra, comiendo sólo harina tostada (sattū) al final del día; que, manchada, quede incapaz para el goce conyugal de su esposo; y que, aun siendo una brāhmaṇī, engendre un hijo fiero, de temple guerrero, áspero como un kṣatriya».
विश्वामित्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even seemingly minor theft is treated as adharma that stains one’s social standing and domestic harmony; the verse presents moral causality through consequences affecting reputation, marital life, and offspring.
Viśvāmitra is enumerating the karmic/social penalties assigned to a woman who commits theft of lotus-stalk fibres (bisa/mṛṇāla), describing a life of household disgrace, meagre food, conjugal exclusion, and the birth of a fierce warrior-like son despite her brāhmaṇa status.