Shloka 44
Purusha-Strī-Lakṣaṇa (Samudrika-śāstra): Marks of Kingship, Wealth, Longevity, and Conduct
परदाररताः पीतैरूक्षैर्निः स्वा नरा मताः / तुषतुल्यनखाः क्लीबाः कुटिलैः स्फुटितैर्नराः
paradāraratāḥ pītairūkṣairniḥ svā narā matāḥ / tuṣatulyanakhāḥ klībāḥ kuṭilaiḥ sphuṭitairnarāḥ
जो पुरुष पराई स्त्री में आसक्त रहते हैं, वे पीतवर्ण, रूखे और धनहीन माने जाते हैं। उनके नख भूसी के समान, वे नपुंसक और कुटिल तथा फटे हुए अंगों वाले होते हैं।
Lord Vishnu (speaking to Garuda/Vinata-putra)
Concept: Paradāra-gamana (adultery) leads to visible karmic afflictions—loss of śrī (prosperity), bodily roughness, deformity, and impotence.
Vedantic Theme: Adharma binds the jīva through karma; sensory transgression produces tangible duḥkha and obscures sattva.
Application: Maintain marital fidelity and restraint (brahmacarya/indriya-nigraha); treat others’ spouses as protected by dharma; cultivate purity to preserve health and prosperity.
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Related Themes: Garuda Purana, Preta-kalpa ethical/karma-phala sections describing bodily marks as consequences of conduct (adjacent verses in 1.65).
FAQs
This verse treats desire for another’s spouse as a grave adharma that ripens into visible suffering—loss of prosperity, bodily afflictions, and loss of virility—warning that private misconduct has karmic, public consequences.
By linking a specific sin (paradāra-rati) to specific results (poverty, deformity, debility), the text illustrates karma as a precise moral causality that shapes one’s embodied condition and future experience.
Guard conduct and intention in relationships, respect marital boundaries, and cultivate self-restraint (dama) and ethical living (dharma) to avoid harm to others and the karmic decline described here.