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
この世に彼に等しい者はかつてなく、また未来にも現れない。まことに今、地上には欲と貪りにこれほど打ち負かされた男は存在しない。
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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.