कार्यकारणरूपस्य सादृश्यमधिगच्छति । अतस्तं क्षीरवर्णाभं कल्माषयत पुत्रकाः
kāryakāraṇarūpasya sādṛśyamadhigacchati | atastaṃ kṣīravarṇābhaṃ kalmāṣayata putrakāḥ
«L’effet ressemble à sa cause par la forme ; ainsi, puisque ce cheval est blanc comme le lait, tachez-le de marques sombres, mes enfants.»
Kadrū
Scene: Kadrū points toward an imagined white horse while addressing her serpent-sons; the sons prepare to smear or manifest dark spots—visual metaphor of staining the pure through deceit.
It depicts deliberate falsification—an adharma act—highlighting why truth (satya) must be protected.
No tirtha is mentioned; the verse is ethical narrative within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa framework.
None; it is a plot instruction to commit deception.