Shloka 71

Adhyaya 3 — The Dharmapakshis’ Past-Life Curse and Indra’s Test of Truthfulness

Sanskrit

प्रवर्तन्ते दुरात्मानो मनुष्यस्मृतिनाशकाः ।

रागात्तु क्रोधः प्रभवति क्रोधाल्लोभोऽभिजायते ॥

Transliteration

pravartante durātmāno manuṣyasmṛtināśakāḥ | rāgāttu krodhaḥ prabhavati krodhāllobho 'bhijāyate ||

Translation

Orang yang berniat jahat muncul—para pemusnah ingatan moral manusia. Daripada rāga (keterikatan) lahir kemarahan, dan daripada kemarahan terbit ketamakan.

Speakers

• Not within Devi Māhātmyam; placed in an early didactic passage of the Markandeya Purāṇa (speaker attribution varies by edition/recension).

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Ethics
• Mind and conduct
• Karmic decline
• Chain of afflictions (rāga–krodha–lobha)