Shloka 13
मातुर्जठरजो रोगः स प्रसूतो धरातले । धर्मे चार्थे च कामे च प्रतीपो यो भवेत्सुतः ॥ १३ ॥
māturjaṭharajo rogaḥ sa prasūto dharātale | dharme cārthe ca kāme ca pratīpo yo bhavetsutaḥ || 13 ||
El hijo que nace en la tierra como una enfermedad surgida del vientre materno—y que se vuelve adverso al dharma, al artha y al kāma—debe ser tenido por un hijo funesto.
Narada (teaching within the Uttara-Bhaga discourse; traditional dialogue setting traces to Narada’s instruction stream)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It frames opposition to dharma, artha, and kāma as a profound moral disorder, warning that a child who undermines these three aims becomes a source of suffering rather than support to family and society.
Indirectly: bhakti in the Narada tradition rests on alignment with dharma; a person hostile to dharma and right living is portrayed as spiritually obstructive, making devotion and sacred practice difficult to sustain.
No specific Vedanga is taught in this verse; it is primarily a nīti/dharma statement about conduct, using the purāṇic framework of the three puruṣārthas (dharma–artha–kāma).