Shloka 72
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
एवं च द्वयमप्यत्र तवोपचयकारणम् ।
प्रत्याख्यानादहं मृत्युः त्वञ्च पापमवाप्स्यसि ॥
evaṃ ca dvayam apy atra tavopacayakāraṇam | pratyākhyānād ahaṃ mṛtyuḥ tvañ ca pāpam avāpsyasi ||
“Assim, ambos os desfechos aqui são causa do teu ‘ganho’: se me rejeitares, eu morrerei—e tu incorrerás em pecado.”
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FAQs
The passage highlights a dharmic pitfall: being pressured into adharma by fear of ‘sin’ is itself a distortion; true dharma is not compelled by manipulative threats.
Ethical instruction through narrative (ācāra-kathā), not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
‘If you refuse, you sin’ mirrors inner temptation that weaponizes conscience; discernment (viveka) is required to separate authentic duty from passion’s rhetoric.