Shloka 200
Pitṛmātṛtīrtha Greatness & the Discourse on Embodiment: Karma, Birth, Impurity, and Dispassion
यौवने कामरागाभ्यां दुःखं चैवेर्ष्यया पुनः । कृषिवाणिज्यसेवाद्यैर्गोरक्षादिक कर्मभिः
yauvane kāmarāgābhyāṃ duḥkhaṃ caiverṣyayā punaḥ | kṛṣivāṇijyasevādyairgorakṣādika karmabhiḥ
Dans la jeunesse, on souffre du désir et de la passion, puis encore de la jalousie ; et l’on souffre aussi des métiers tels que l’agriculture, le commerce, le service, et des travaux comme la garde des troupeaux et autres semblables.
Unspecified (context needed from surrounding verses to identify the dialogue pair)
Concept: Youth is afflicted by kāma and rāga, then by īrṣyā; worldly livelihoods add further strain—showing how desire binds one to suffering.
Application: Observe the mind: curb jealousy, practice contentment, and offer one’s work as worship; simplify desires and cultivate satsanga.
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A bustling village scene where a young man stands torn between impulses: on one side, alluring figures and bright ornaments symbolize kāma-rāga; on the other, a rival’s success sparks a shadowy greenish aura of jealousy. Around him swirl scenes of labor—ploughing fields, weighing goods in a market, serving in a household, and tending cattle—forming a ring of worldly entanglement.","primary_figures":["young householder","market traders","farmers","cattle-tender","symbolic figures of desire and jealousy"],"setting":"village marketplace merging into farmland and cowshed, arranged as a moral allegory","lighting_mood":"temple lamp-lit","color_palette":["vermillion red","emerald green","indigo shadow","wheat gold","charcoal black"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: allegorical youth encircled by scenes of farming, trade, service, and cattle-tending; personified kāma and īrṣyā as stylized attendants; heavy gold leaf on jewelry and market scales, rich reds/greens, ornate arch-like frame.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: narrative village panorama with multiple vignettes—ploughing, bazaar bargaining, service, cowherding; subtle facial expressions showing desire and envy; delicate linework, soft hills in distance, restrained yet vivid palette.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: central youthful figure with two flanking personifications (kāma, īrṣyā), surrounded by circular panels of occupations; bold outlines, flat iconic forms, strong reds/yellows/greens with black contouring.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: circular composition like a mandala—occupational scenes as petals around the central figure; ornate floral borders, lotus motifs; deep blue ground with gold highlights; include subtle shankha-chakra patterns to suggest the remedy of devotion."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Desh","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["market murmur","cow bells","plough scraping earth","distant conch","brief silence on key words"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: चैव = च + एव; इर्ष्यया = ईर्ष्यया (spelling normalization); कृषिवाणिज्यसेवाद्यैः = कृषि + वाणिज्य + सेवा + आद्यैः; गोरक्षादिक = गो + रक्षा + आदिक
FAQs
It lists inner afflictions—lust/passion and jealousy—along with outward burdens created by livelihood and labor.
Not as immoral in themselves; it frames them as sources of strain and entanglement that can add to worldly suffering when driven by desire and rivalry.
To recognize how desire, jealousy, and relentless striving intensify suffering, and to cultivate restraint, contentment, and a more dharmic orientation to work.