भरद्वाज उवाच । नृशंसो वै स भवतु समृद्ध्या चाप्यहंकृ तः । मत्सरी पिशुनश्चैव बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः
bharadvāja uvāca | nṛśaṃso vai sa bhavatu samṛddhyā cāpyahaṃkṛ taḥ | matsarī piśunaścaiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ
ભરદ્વાજે કહ્યું—જે બિસસ્તૈન્ય કરે, તે નિર્દય બને; સમૃદ્ધિ મળ્યા છતાં અહંકારી બને; અને ઈર્ષ્યાળુ તથા પિશુન (નિંદક) પણ બને.
Bharadvāja
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rishi-assembly (implied)
Scene: Bharadvāja in discourse; allegorical figures of Envy and Slander whispering near a prosperous man who appears arrogant; a shadow of cruelty in posture contrasts with the serene sacred pond backdrop.
Adharma corrupts character: theft breeds cruelty, ego, envy, and harmful speech.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred geography; this verse gives ethical instruction within that māhātmya.
None; the focus is on inner moral consequences rather than an external ritual.
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