Shloka 4
Rukmāṅgada–Vāmadeva Saṃvāda: Ahimsa, Hunting, and the Fruit of Dvādaśī-Bhakti
भोगस्पृहां परित्यज्य सेवस्व सुरनिम्नगाम् । एतन्न्याय्यं भवति भो न न्याय्यो मृगनिग्रहः ॥ ४ ॥
bhogaspṛhāṃ parityajya sevasva suranimnagām | etannyāyyaṃ bhavati bho na nyāyyo mṛganigrahaḥ || 4 ||
ចូរបោះបង់បំណងចង់រីករាយក្នុងភោគសម្បត្តិ ហើយបម្រើទន្លេដ៏ទេវភាព។ នេះហើយជាអ្វីដែលសមរម្យពិតប្រាកដ មិត្តអើយ; ការសម្លាប់សត្វមិនសមរម្យទេ។
Narada (admonishing the listener in a tirtha-context)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"karuna","emotional_journey":"Begins with renunciation of craving, turns to reverent service of a divine river, and ends with a compassionate ethical prohibition against animal-killing."}
FAQs
It prioritizes inner renunciation (giving up bhoga-spṛhā) and sacred purification through tirtha-sevā, while explicitly affirming ahiṃsā by rejecting animal-killing as unrighteous.
Bhakti here is expressed as sevanā—reverent resorting to and serving a sacred manifestation of the divine (the sura-nimnagā), supported by moral discipline (renunciation and non-violence).
It most directly reflects Kalpa/Dharma practice: tirtha-snāna and śauca (purificatory conduct) joined with ethical restraint (ahiṃsā), rather than a technical lesson in grammar or astrology.