Shloka 31
Chatra–Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative
Jamadagni–Reṇukā–Sūrya Saṃvāda
नाभाग उवाच अनृतं भाषतु सदा सद्भिश्वैव विरुध्यतु । शुल्केन तु ददत्कन्यां यस्ते हरति पुष्करम्
Nābhāga uvāca: anṛtaṁ bhāṣatu sadā sadbhiś caiva virudhyatu | śulkena tu dadat kanyāṁ yas te harati puṣkaram ||
Nābhāga dit : «Que celui qui a dérobé ton lotus soit condamné à proférer sans cesse le mensonge, à demeurer en conflit avec les vertueux, et à encourir le péché de donner une jeune fille contre un prix, comme s’il la vendait.»
नाभाग उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames theft and moral transgression as leading to deep ethical downfall: habitual untruth, hostility toward the virtuous, and the grave social-religious sin of treating marriage as a commercial transaction (giving a maiden for a price).
Nābhāga pronounces a condemnation/curse-like statement against the person who has taken the other party’s lotus, listing the moral consequences that should attach to that offender.