Shloka 29
Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
पितुः पत्नीममर्यादं यन्मां तर्जयसे पदाः ।
भुवि तस्मादयं पादस्तवाद्यैव पतिष्यति ॥
pituḥ patnīm amaryādaṃ yan māṃ tarjayase padāḥ /
bhuvi tasmād ayaṃ pādas tavādyaiva patiṣyati
ज्याअर्थी तू मर्यादा सोडून तुझ्या वडिलांच्या पत्नीला, मला, पायाने धमकावले आहेस, त्याअर्थी तुझा तोच पाय आज पृथ्वीवर गळून पडेल.
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FAQs
Even when confronting wrongdoing, one must preserve maryādā (proper conduct). Threatening violence against a parent/guardian figure is treated as a grave breach, generating immediate retributive consequence.
Vaṃśānucarita: a pivotal incident shaping the later course of a lineage figure (Yama).
The ‘foot’ symbolizes agency and the path one takes; a ‘fallen foot’ signifies impeded movement—karma obstructing the doer at the very instrument of action.