Shloka 71
Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness
प्रवर्तन्ते दुरात्मानो मनुष्यस्मृतिनाशकाः ।
रागात्तु क्रोधः प्रभवति क्रोधाल्लोभोऽभिजायते ॥
pravartante durātmāno manuṣyasmṛtināśakāḥ | rāgāttu krodhaḥ prabhavati krodhāllobho 'bhijāyate ||
दुष्टचित्त लोक उत्पन्न होतात—धर्मस्मृतीचे नाशक. रागातून क्रोध जन्मतो आणि क्रोधातून लोभ उत्पन्न होतो.
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FAQs
The verse maps a causal chain of inner downfall: attachment (rāga) clouds discernment, which erupts as anger (krodha) when desires are obstructed, and anger hardens into greed (lobha) as one seeks compensation or control. The practical lesson is to curb rāga at its root—through restraint, reflection, and dharmic discipline—because later stages become progressively more destructive to social order and personal character.
This is not primarily sarga/pratisarga or manvantara/vaṁśa material; it aligns best with ancillary purāṇic instruction on dharma and conduct (often embedded alongside vaṁśānucarita narratives). In pancalakṣaṇa terms it is a didactic interpolation supporting righteous living rather than a core cosmological/genealogical datum.
Esoterically, rāga–krodha–lobha describes a progressive contraction of consciousness: attraction binds the mind to an object, frustration ignites reactive energy, and greed crystallizes that energy into habitual grasping. The phrase “manuṣyasmṛtināśakāḥ” implies loss of smṛti as moral memory—when inner recollection of dharma is eclipsed, one becomes a threat to collective harmony.