Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 122
The Greatness of the Ancestors: Ekoddiṣṭa Śrāddha, Āśauca Rules, and Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa
ब्रह्मदत्तादयस्तस्मिन्पितृभक्ता विमत्सराः । सन्नतिश्चाभवद्धृष्टा मयैव तव दर्शितम्
brahmadattādayastasminpitṛbhaktā vimatsarāḥ | sannatiścābhavaddhṛṣṭā mayaiva tava darśitam
នៅទីនោះ «ព្រហ្មទត្ត» (Brahmadatta) និងអ្នកដទៃទៀត ជាអ្នកស្រឡាញ់គោរពបុព្វបុរស (pitṛ-bhakta) ហើយគ្មានចិត្តច嫉។ ការគោរពទាបខ្លួនរបស់ពួកគេបង្ហាញច្បាស់—នេះខ្ញុំផ្ទាល់បានបង្ហាញដល់អ្នក។
Uncertain from single-verse context (likely a narrator/primary speaker addressing a listener in the Adhyaya’s dialogue frame).
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Sandhi Resolution Notes: tasminpitṛbhaktā = tasmin + pitṛbhaktāḥ; sannatiścābhavat = sannatiḥ + ca + abhavat; mayaiva = mayā + eva.
FAQs
It highlights freedom from envy or jealousy as a key ethical quality, presented here alongside devotion and humility.
Pitṛ-bhakti is portrayed as a noble disposition connected with moral purity—envylessness—and expressed outwardly as visible humility and reverence.
True religiosity is not only ritual or lineage-based devotion; it is proven by inner character—especially humility and the absence of envy.