Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 117
Marks of the Debt-Bound/Enemy Son, Filial Dharma, Detachment, and the Durvāsā–Dharma Episode
दुःखेन दारुणं तीव्रं तथा सुखं कथं नहि । धर्म उवाच । येन कायेन पापाश्च संचरन्ति हि पातकम्
duḥkhena dāruṇaṃ tīvraṃ tathā sukhaṃ kathaṃ nahi | dharma uvāca | yena kāyena pāpāśca saṃcaranti hi pātakam
“ကြမ်းတမ်း၍ ပြင်းထန်သော ဒုက္ခရှိသကဲ့သို့၊ ချမ်းသာလည်း အဘယ်ကြောင့် မရှိရမည်နည်း?” ဟု မေးရာ၊ ဓမ္မက ပြန်ဆိုသည်—“ပာပီတို့သည် ပာပကမ္မ၌ လှုပ်ရှားသွားလာကာ ပာတက (pātaka) ကို ပြုလုပ်သည့် ထိုကိုယ်ခန္ဓာတည်း (အကြောင်း) ဖြစ်သည်။”
Dharma
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पापाश्च = पापाः + च; संचरन्ति = सम् + चरन्ति (upasarga); first pāda has ellipsis of verb (understood ‘bhavati/asti’ etc.).
FAQs
It links intense suffering and the possibility of happiness to karma, stating that sin operates through the body and becomes the basis for painful consequences.
Dharma is the speaker, framing the statement as an ethical principle: bodily actions are the vehicle through which sin (pāpa) manifests and ripens into results.
Guard bodily conduct—what one does physically can become the channel for pāpa; restraint and righteous action reduce the causes of harsh suffering and support well-being.