Shloka 64
Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness
जातानुरागो भवति शत्रुभिर्नाभिभूयते ।
jātānurāgo bhavati śatrubhir nābhibhūyate
સ્નેહ (મૈત્રી/આસક્તિ) ઉત્પન્ન થાય છે, અને તે શત્રુઓથી પરાજિત થતો નથી.
FAQs
Cultivating goodwill and affectionate bonds (anurāga) functions as a practical dharmic safeguard: harmonious relations reduce vulnerability to hostility, and social trust becomes a form of protection.
This verse is primarily ethical instruction rather than a direct statement of sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara/vaṃśānucarita; it aligns most closely with dharma-upadeśa embedded within the narrative portions (often accompanying vaṃśānucarita-style discourse rather than cosmological enumeration).
On an inner level, ‘enemies’ can signify disruptive impulses (krodha, dveṣa, etc.). When anurāga—steady positive orientation of the mind—arises, the psyche is less ‘overpowered’ by adversarial tendencies, implying a yogic-ethical integration where benevolence stabilizes the inner field.