Shloka 6
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
किमेतदिति सोऽप्यस्य पुत्रोऽप्यत्यन्तदुर्मतिः ।
जग्राह भार्यामन्यस्य मुनिपुत्रस्य सम्मुखीम् ॥
kim etad iti so 'py asya putro 'py atyanta-durmatiḥ | jagrāha bhāryām anyasya muni-putrasya sammukhīm ||
«¿Qué es esto?»—incluso su hijo, de mente sumamente perversa, arrebató a la esposa de otro, la esposa del hijo de un sabio, allí mismo, ante él.
FAQs
Violation of marital sanctity (paradāra-abhigamana) is portrayed as a grave collapse of dharma, especially scandalous when directed against a muni-lineage household. The narrative uses shock to underscore how ‘bad progeny’ can become a source of ruin.
Vaṃśānucarita—ethical exemplum embedded in lineage narration to frame the coming manvantara account.
Taking ‘another’s wife’ symbolizes appropriation of what is not one’s rightful śakti/portion; it allegorizes the ego’s theft of others’ due, which destabilizes both social order and inner equilibrium.