Shloka 47
Mohinī’s Speech
Mohinyāḥ Bhāṣaṇam
दुःखेन पापभोक्तॄणां विषयासक्तचेतसाम् । सर्वाश्च प्रकृती राजंस्तवेष्टाः पूर्णपुण्यजाः ॥ ४७ ॥
duḥkhena pāpabhoktṝṇāṃ viṣayāsaktacetasām | sarvāśca prakṛtī rājaṃstaveṣṭāḥ pūrṇapuṇyajāḥ || 47 ||
വിഷയാസക്തചിത്തരായ പാപഫലഭോക്താക്കൾ ദുഃഖത്തിലൂടെയേ ഭോഗിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ രാജാവേ, നീ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്ന എല്ലാ സ്വാഭാവിക സമ്പത്തുകളും പൂർണ്ണ പുണ്യത്തിൽ നിന്നാണ് ജനിക്കുന്നത്.
Narada
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"karuna","emotional_journey":"Begins with the painful consequence of sin and sense-addiction, then resolves into a calm doctrinal assertion that desired prosperity arises from complete merit (puṇya)."}
FAQs
It contrasts two causal chains: attachment and sin ripen as suffering, while auspicious states and desired prosperity arise from accumulated merit (puṇya), urging a shift from viṣaya-asakti to dharmic living.
By warning that sense-attachment produces duḥkha, it indirectly supports bhakti and remembrance of the Lord as a way to redirect the mind from objects to the divine, generating puṇya and inner purification.
The practical takeaway is karmic discernment (right application of dharma in action): evaluate desires and actions by their results—sin-bound actions yield suffering, while dharmic, merit-producing conduct yields auspicious outcomes.