भरद्वाज उवाच । नृशंसो वै स भवतु समृद्ध्या चाप्यहंकृ तः । मत्सरी पिशुनश्चैव बिसस्तैन्यं करोति यः
bharadvāja uvāca | nṛśaṃso vai sa bhavatu samṛddhyā cāpyahaṃkṛ taḥ | matsarī piśunaścaiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ
Bharadvāja berkata: “Sesiapa yang melakukan bisastainya akan menjadi kejam; walaupun memperoleh kemakmuran, dia menjadi angkuh. Dia juga menjadi dengki dan suka memfitnah.”
Bharadvāja
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rishi-assembly (implied)
Scene: Bharadvāja in discourse; allegorical figures of Envy and Slander whispering near a prosperous man who appears arrogant; a shadow of cruelty in posture contrasts with the serene sacred pond backdrop.
Adharma corrupts character: theft breeds cruelty, ego, envy, and harmful speech.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred geography; this verse gives ethical instruction within that māhātmya.
None; the focus is on inner moral consequences rather than an external ritual.