कलिस्वरूप-वर्णनम् एवं कालमान-प्रस्तावना
अशास्त्रविहितं घोरं तप्यमानेषु वै तपः नरेषु नृपदोषेण बालमृत्युर् भविष्यति
aśāstravihitaṃ ghoraṃ tapyamāneṣu vai tapaḥ nareṣu nṛpadoṣeṇa bālamṛtyur bhaviṣyati
Ketika orang menjalani tapa yang keras namun tidak disahkan oleh śāstra, maka karena kesalahan raja akan timbul kematian anak-anak sebelum waktunya.
Sage Parāśara (in discourse to Maitreya)
This verse treats tapas as beneficial only when aligned with śāstra; otherwise, severe, unscriptural austerity becomes a source of disorder and harm rather than purification.
Parāśara links public calamities to nṛpadoṣa—failure of governance—implying that the ruler’s neglect of dharma ripples into social and even familial tragedy.
Implicitly, Vishnu is the ground of dharma and cosmic sovereignty; when governance and conduct depart from rightful order, suffering manifests—signaling deviation from the divine order Vishnu sustains.