Shloka 796

योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः

Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction

Devanagari script

अभक्ष्यभक्षणरता निर्मर्यादा हतत्विष: । दैत्यगण कृतघ्न

Transliteration

abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaratā nirmaryādā hatatviṣaḥ | daityagaṇāḥ kṛtaghnā nāstikāḥ pāpācāriṇaḥ tathā gurupatnīgāminaḥ abhavan |

Translation

ສັກຣະ (ອິນທຣະ) ກ່າວວ່າ: ຝູງດານະວະໄດ້ຕິດນິໄສກິນສິ່ງທີ່ບໍ່ຄວນກິນ. ພວກເຂົາລະທິ້ງຄວາມຍັບຍັ້ງ ແລະລ່ວງລະເມີດຂອບເຂດແຫ່ງທຳມະ ຈຶ່ງປະພຶດຕາມໃຈ; ເພາະສະນັ້ນສະຫງ່າລາສີຂອງພວກເຂົາຈຶ່ງຈາງຫາຍ. ພວກເຂົາກາຍເປັນຜູ້ອະກະຕັນຍູ, ຜູ້ບໍ່ເຊື່ອ, ແລະຜູ້ກະທຳບາບເປັນນິດ—ຈົນກະທັ້ງລ່ວງລະເມີດຄວາມສັກສິດຂອງເມຍອາຈານ.

Word by Word

• अभक्ष्यभक्षणरता: delighting in eating what should not be eaten
• अभक्ष्यभक्षणरता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभक्ष्य-भक्षण-रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निर्मर्यादाः: without bounds / transgressing propriety
• निर्मर्यादाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मर्याद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हतत्विषः: deprived of radiance / lusterless
• हतत्विषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-त्विष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Daityas (Daitya-gaṇa)
• Guru-patnī (the teacher’s wife, as a moral category)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Indra links inner moral collapse to outward loss of splendor: when beings violate dharma—through forbidden consumption, lawlessness, ingratitude, disbelief, and grave sexual transgression—they become ‘hatatviṣ’, deprived of radiance. Ethical restraint (maryādā) is presented as the basis of dignity and power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra) describes the Daitya hosts as having fallen into adharma. He lists their corrupt behaviors—eating forbidden things, rejecting moral boundaries, becoming ungrateful and irreligious, and committing the extreme offense of approaching the guru’s wife—and explains that this is why they have lost their brilliance.