Shloka 27
Chatra–Upānah Dāna: Origin Narrative
Jamadagni–Reṇukā–Sūrya Saṃvāda
ययातिरुवाच अनृतौ च व्रती चैव भार्यायां स प्रजायतु । निराकरोतु वेदांश्व॒ यस्ते हरति पुष्करम्
yayātir uvāca: anṛtau ca vratī caiva bhāryāyāṃ sa prajāyatu | nirākarotu vedāṃś ca yo 'ste harati puṣkaram ||
ययाती म्हणाला—ज्याने तुझे कमळ चोरले, तो व्रतधारी असूनही ऋतुकालाव्यतिरिक्त वेळी पत्नीशी संग करील आणि वेदांचा निषेध करील—म्हणजे या पापफळांचा भागी होईल.
शुक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns hypocrisy and theft: outward religiosity (being a vratī) does not excuse unethical acts. Violations of sexual propriety (ṛtu-dharma) and rejection of Vedic authority are presented as grave moral downfalls, invoked here as the fitting consequence for stealing.
Yayāti pronounces an imprecatory statement (a curse-like condemnation) against the person who has stolen ‘your lotus,’ wishing that the thief incur specific forms of moral and religious ruin—improper conjugal conduct despite vows, and repudiation of the Vedas—thereby bearing the fruits of those sins.