Shloka 16
अल्पभोगकुले जाता अल्पभोगरता नरा: । अनेन कर्मणा देवि भवन्त्यधनिनो नरा:,देवि! इस पापकर्मसे ही मनुष्य अल्प भोगवाले कुलमें जन्म लेता है, थोड़े-से ही भोग भोगते और सदा निर्धन रहते हैं
alpabhogakule jātā alpabhogarātā narāḥ | anena karmaṇā devi bhavanty adhanino narāḥ ||
ມະເຫສະວະຣະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ເທວີ, ເນື່ອງຈາກກຳອັນເປັນບາບແບບນີ້, ມະນຸດຍ່ອມເກີດໃນຕະກູນທີ່ມີການເສບສຸກນ້ອຍ; ພວກເຂົາຫຼົງໃນຄວາມເພີດເພີນອັນນ້ອຍນິດ ແລະ ຢູ່ໃນຄວາມຍາກຈົນເສມອ».
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches moral causality: sinful conduct (pāpa-karma) ripens into constrained life-conditions—birth in a low-resource family, habituation to small pleasures, and persistent poverty—implying that ethical choices shape one’s future circumstances.
Maheśvara is instructing Devī in a didactic dialogue, explaining the karmic results of certain wrongful actions and how they manifest socially and materially as limited enjoyment and lack of wealth.