Shloka 57
Vānaprastha-dharma and Tapas: Śiva–Umā Saṃvāda
Forest-Stage Discipline and Austerity
ततः पापात् प्रमुक्तस्य द्युतिर्भवति शाश्वती । तेजसा सूर्यवद् दीप्तो भ्राजते सोमवत् पुन:
tataḥ pāpāt pramuktasya dyutir bhavati śāśvatī | tejasā sūryavad dīpto bhrājate somavat punaḥ ||
પછી પાપથી મુક્ત થયેલા પુરુષમાં શાશ્વત કાંતિ પ્રગટે છે. તે પોતાના તેજથી સૂર્ય સમાન દીપ્ત અને ફરી ચંદ્ર સમાન પ્રકાશિત થઈ શોભે છે.
शक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Freedom from pāpa (sin/ethical demerit) is portrayed as producing śāśvatī dyuti—an enduring inner radiance. Moral purification is not merely negative (removal of fault) but positive: it manifests as tejas, a stable spiritual brilliance likened to the sun’s blaze and the moon’s gentle shine.
Śakra (Indra) is speaking in a didactic context, describing the result of becoming pāpāt pramukta (freed from sin). He explains the transformed state of such a person through cosmic similes: sunlike intensity and moonlike luminosity, emphasizing the visible/experiential fruit of ethical cleansing.