Shloka 12
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
करोति सुहृदां दैन्यमहितानां तथा मुदम् ।
अकाले च जरां पित्रोः कुपुत्रः कुरुते ध्रुवम् ॥
karoti suhṛdāṃ dainyam ahitānāṃ tathā mudam /
akāle ca jarāṃ pitroḥ kuputraḥ kurute dhruvam
दुष्ट पुत्र मित्रांना दुःखी करतो आणि शत्रूंना आनंदित करतो; आणि तो निश्चयच आई-वडिलांवर अकाली वार्धक्य आणतो।
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FAQs
Adharma is socially contagious: it harms allies, empowers opponents, and consumes parental vitality—illustrating that private vice has public and intergenerational costs.
Didactic dharma section; not within the five purāṇic lakṣaṇas.
‘Akāla-jarā’ functions as a symbol of prāṇa-kṣaya (drain of life-force) caused by grief, shame, and continual anxiety produced by adharmic attachment.