Shloka 53
Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness
तत् क्षमस्वामलमते का चेच्छा क्रियतां तव ।
पालनात् सत्यवाक्यस्य प्रीतिर्मे परमा त्वयि ॥
tat kṣamasvāmalamate kā cecchā kriyatāṃ tava | pālanāt satyavākyasya prītir me paramā tvayi ||
അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ വിമലബുദ്ധിയേ, എന്നെ ക്ഷമിക്കണമേ. നീ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നതെന്തോ അതു നടപ്പാകട്ടെ. നീ സത്യവചനം പാലിച്ചതിനാൽ നിനക്കു മേൽ എനിക്ക് പരമപ്രീതി ഉണ്ട്.
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FAQs
The verse elevates satya (truthfulness) from mere speech to a moral power that generates trust and love (prīti). It also models humility: even when one is wronged or in tension, the speaker asks forgiveness and yields to the other’s wish, implying that ethical conduct includes both steadfast truth and conciliatory grace.
This is best classified under Dharma-oriented narrative/dialogue rather than the core pañcalakṣaṇa categories (sarga, pratisarga, vaṃśa, manvantara, vaṃśānucarita). It functions as ethical instruction embedded in the Purana’s conversational frame.
On an inner (adhyātmika) reading, “upholding truthful speech” signifies alignment of vāc (speech) with sat (reality). Such alignment purifies intention and relationship, producing prīti—an inward harmony that arises when one’s word and being are undivided. The request for forgiveness signals the softening of ego, which is prerequisite to receiving higher instruction in a dialogue tradition.