Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 22
Kāma and Indra’s Attempt to Shatter Chastity; the ‘Abode of Satya’ and the Ethics of the Virtuous Home
सेनाध्यक्षैरसत्यैस्तु छद्मना तेन साधितः । पातयेदर्दयेद्गेहं पापः शस्त्रैर्दुरात्मभिः
senādhyakṣairasatyaistu chadmanā tena sādhitaḥ | pātayedardayedgehaṃ pāpaḥ śastrairdurātmabhiḥ
ត្រូវបានបោកបញ្ឆោតដោយមេយោធាអសច្ចៈ តាមរយៈល្បិចនោះ បុរសមានបាបនោះ—ជាមួយមនុស្សអាក្រក់កាន់អាវុធ—នឹងធ្វើឲ្យផ្ទះទាំងឡាយរលំ និងបំផ្លាញបំបាក់។
Unknown (context not provided; speaker cannot be reliably identified from a single verse)
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Type: city
Sandhi Resolution Notes: सेनाध्यक्षैः+असत्यैः→सेनाध्यक्षैरसत्यैः; असत्यैः+तु→असत्यैस्तु; अर्दयेत्+गेहम्→अर्दयेद्गेहं; शस्त्रैः+दुरात्मभिः→शस्त्रैर्दुरात्मभिः।
FAQs
It warns that deceit—especially by authorities like military officers—can instigate sinners into violent wrongdoing, leading to destruction of homes and social order.
Senādhyakṣa refers to commanders or officers overseeing an army; here they are characterized as dishonest (asatya) and deceptive (chadmanā).
It uses concrete social harm (weaponized violence, destruction of dwellings) to illustrate adharma arising from false counsel and deception, a common Purāṇic method of moral instruction.