Shloka 134
The Five Great Sacrifices: Supremacy of Honoring Parents, Pativrata Dharma, Truthfulness, and Śrāddha
एतस्य सदृशो लोके न भूतो न भविष्यति । नास्तीति सांप्रतं पृथ्व्यां कामलोभाजितः पुमान्
etasya sadṛśo loke na bhūto na bhaviṣyati | nāstīti sāṃprataṃ pṛthvyāṃ kāmalobhājitaḥ pumān
Di dunia ini, tiada yang pernah setara dengannya, dan tiada pula yang akan ada kelak. Sungguh, pada masa kini di bumi tidak ada lelaki yang sedemikian ditaklukkan oleh nafsu dan loba.
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Concept: True greatness is measured by conquest of desire and greed; such a person becomes unparalleled in the world.
Application: Audit daily impulses—spending, craving, status-seeking; adopt small disciplines (regulated consumption, truthful speech, charity) to weaken lobha and kāma.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Type: celestial_realm
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Sandhi Resolution Notes: nāstīti = na + asti + iti; kāmalobhājitaḥ = kāma-lobha-ājitaḥ (ā + jitaḥ); verse implies: 'etasya sadṛśaḥ ... na bhūtaḥ na bhaviṣyati'.
FAQs
It highlights the rare excellence of a person who is not overpowered by desire (kāma) and greed (lobha), implying that self-mastery is exceptional and worthy of praise.
Purāṇas commonly treat kāma and lobha as major inner enemies that lead to downfall; this verse reinforces the ideal of restraint and moral steadiness as a mark of greatness.
The phrasing “none has been, none will be” functions primarily as emphatic praise, underscoring an ethical point: genuine freedom from desire and greed is exceedingly rare.