Shloka 11
Instruction on Dharma and Truth as Viṣṇu’s Own Nature
with Teaching on Impermanence and Detachment
यस्तौ पालयते नित्यं तस्य विष्णुः प्रसीदति । दूषयेद्यः सत्यधर्मौ पापमेव प्रपालयेत्
yastau pālayate nityaṃ tasya viṣṇuḥ prasīdati | dūṣayedyaḥ satyadharmau pāpameva prapālayet
Кто непрестанно хранит эти два — истину и праведность (дхарму), — того Вишну милует. А кто порочит истину и дхарму, тот поистине взращивает лишь грех.
Unspecified (narratorial/teaching voice within Bhūmi-khaṇḍa context)
Concept: Continual protection of truth and dharma brings Viṣṇu’s grace; corrupting them is equivalent to nurturing sin.
Application: Adopt two daily vows: (1) satya—no deliberate deception, (2) dharma—no unjust gain; review each evening where these were upheld or harmed and repair through apology and restitution.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A split-scene moral allegory: on one side, a devotee steadily tends two sacred lamps labeled satya and dharma, and Viṣṇu’s gentle gaze bestows a shower of light. On the other, a shadowy figure pours ink into a clear stream, and from that act a thorny vine of pāpa grows, binding the doer’s own feet.","primary_figures":["Viṣṇu (bestowing grace)","A dharmic devotee/householder","A figure representing the corrupter of satya-dharma","Personified Pāpa as a vine/shadow"],"setting":"Symbolic landscape with a small shrine and a clear stream transforming into darkness on the adharma side.","lighting_mood":"chiaroscuro moral contrast","color_palette":["lamp-flame amber","midnight blue","ink black","holy white","leaf green"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: two-panel composition with ornate borders; left panel shows devotee with two lamps (satya, dharma) and Viṣṇu’s gold-haloed blessing; right panel shows darkened stream and thorny pāpa-vine; heavy gold leaf on the dharma side, rich reds/greens, stylized moral symbolism.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: gentle narrative diptych; subtle emotional expressions; clear stream and lamps rendered delicately; the pāpa-vine as fine curling linework; cool blues and warm ambers, refined naturalism with allegorical clarity.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold outlines, strong color blocks; left side bright with lamps and Viṣṇu’s halo, right side darker with stylized vine-demon; temple mural framing, red-yellow-green palette with deep black accents.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central Viṣṇu above, below a symmetrical arrangement of two lamps and lotus motifs for satya-dharma; at the edges, creeping dark vines representing pāpa; deep blue ground, gold floral borders, intricate repetitive motifs conveying ‘nitya’ (daily) practice."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"dramatic","suggested_raga":"Durga","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["temple bells (firm)","hand cymbals","brief thunder rumble (for warning)","resolving silence"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: यस्तौ = यः + तौ; दूषयेद्यः = दूषयेत् + यः; पापमेव = पापम् + एव
FAQs
They are satya (truthfulness) and dharma (righteous conduct), explicitly named as satya-dharmau in the second half.
It frames devotion as ethical maintenance: regularly upholding truth and dharma is presented as the cause of Viṣṇu’s prasāda (grace).
Defiling truth and dharma is equated with actively sustaining pāpa (sin), implying moral decline is not neutral but a form of nurturing wrongdoing.