Shloka 41
मायामृगदर्शनम्
The Vision of the Illusory Deer
स कदाचिच्चिराल्लोभादाससाद महामुनिम्।अगस्त्यं तेजसा युक्तं भक्षस्तस्य बभूव ह।।।।
sa kadācic cirāl lobhād āsasāda mahāmunim | agastyaṃ tejasā yuktaṃ bhakṣas tasya babhūva ha ||
အချိန်ကြာမြင့်ပြီးနောက် လောဘကြောင့် တစ်ခါတရံ သူသည် တပဿာတေဇဖြင့် ထွန်းလင်းသော မဟာမုနိ အဂஸ္တျ ထံသို့ ချဉ်းကပ်လာ၍ နောက်ဆုံးတွင် ထိုမုနိ၏ အစာအဖြစ် ဖြစ်သွား하였다။
That Vatapi after a long time, once greedily entered into the stomach of the great lustrous sage Agastya and became his food.
FAQs
Greed-driven aggression ultimately collapses before true spiritual power and righteousness. Dharma asserts that tapas (disciplined truthfulness and restraint) is a real force that neutralizes deceit.
The exemplum reaches its turning point: Vātāpi targets Agastya, but Agastya’s tejas makes the attack self-defeating.
Agastya’s spiritual mastery (tapas/tejas) is emphasized as the virtue that protects righteousness without panic or confusion.