Shloka 11
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
किन्तु मदुपभोगाय मार्जारी जातहारिणी ।
त्वन्तु क्रमेणोपभोग्यं मत्तः फलमभीप्ससि ॥
kintu madupabhogāya mārjārī jātahāriṇī / tvantu krameṇopabhogyaṃ mattaḥ phalam abhīpsasi //
ବିଲେଇଣୀ ଓ ଶିଶୁ-ଅପହାରିଣୀ ମୋତେ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟକ୍ଷ ଭାବେ ଭୋଗ କରିବାକୁ ଚାହାନ୍ତି; କିନ୍ତୁ ତୁମେ ମୋଠାରୁ ‘ଫଳ’ ଚାହୁଁଛ—ଯାହା ସମୟ ଆସିଲେ ଧୀରେ ଧୀରେ ଭୋଗ୍ୟ ହୁଏ।
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FAQs
The child distinguishes crude exploitation from socially acceptable, long-term self-interest: expecting future returns (service, lineage, status, ritual benefit) can also taint affection. The teaching is to purify love from transactional expectation.
Dharma-oriented instruction through ākhyāna; it critiques motivations within gṛhastha life without issuing a ritual rule here.
‘Gradual enjoyment’ suggests subtle bondage: not sudden harm but long-term appropriation through roles and expectations. Liberation-oriented discernment sees both as forms of grasping (upādāna).