Shloka 30
Snātaka and Gṛhastha-Dharma: Conduct, Marriage Norms, Daily Rites, and Liberating Virtues
विगर्हातिक्रमाक्षेपहिंसाबन्धवधात्मनाम् / अन्यमन्युसमुत्थानां दोषाणां मर्षणं क्षमा
vigarhātikramākṣepahiṃsābandhavadhātmanām / anyamanyusamutthānāṃ doṣāṇāṃ marṣaṇaṃ kṣamā
La patience (kṣamā) est l’endurance paisible—sans riposte—des fautes nées de la colère réciproque, telles que le blâme, la transgression, l’insulte, la violence, la captivité, et même les atteintes à la vie.
Sūta (narrator) conveying the Purāṇic teaching on Dharma (contextual instruction attributed to the Kurma Purana’s didactic discourse)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
By treating even severe harm as something to be borne with restraint, the verse implies an inner grounding in the Self beyond reactive anger—an Atman-centered steadiness that supports Dharma.
It highlights kṣamā as a foundational ethical discipline akin to yama/niyama: mastering anger, refusing retaliation, and cultivating mental equanimity—prerequisites for higher practice in Pashupata-oriented and Purāṇic Yoga.
Indirectly, it supports the Purāṇa’s non-sectarian synthesis: the same Dharma-virtue (kṣamā) is upheld as universally binding, aligning with both Shaiva and Vaishnava paths that demand inner conquest over anger.