Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 65
Womb-Suffering and the Path to Liberation
Dialogue of Wisdom, Meditation, and Discernment
वीतराग उवाच । यस्मात्कामानि वर्तंते निराशाः सर्व एव ते । यं दुष्टत्वान्न पश्यंति कर्माण्येतानि नान्यथा
vītarāga uvāca | yasmātkāmāni vartaṃte nirāśāḥ sarva eva te | yaṃ duṣṭatvānna paśyaṃti karmāṇyetāni nānyathā
វីតរាគៈ បានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ «ព្រោះកាមប្រាថ្នាកើតឡើងជានិច្ច មនុស្សទាំងអស់នោះពិតជាគ្មានសេចក្តីសង្ឃឹមដ៏ពិត។ ដោយសារភាពអាក្រក់ ពួកគេមិនឃើញសច្ចៈ; នេះជាផលនៃកម្ម មិនមែនផ្សេងទៀតឡើយ»
Vītarāga
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Sandhi Resolution Notes: yasmātkāmāni = yasmāt + kāmāni; duṣṭatvānna = duṣṭatvāt + na; karmāṇyetāni = karmāṇi + etāni; nānyathā = na + anyathā.
FAQs
It links persistent desire (kāma) with spiritual blindness and hopelessness, implying that unethical dispositions and actions (karma) perpetuate delusion.
It suggests that one’s condition—being driven by desire and failing to perceive truth—arises from one’s deeds and dispositions, i.e., karmic causality rather than randomness.
Cultivating vairāgya (dispassion) and moral clarity is essential; otherwise, wickedness obscures discernment and keeps one trapped in desire-driven behavior.