Shloka 32
Adhyaya 18 — Arjuna Declines the Throne; Garga Directs Him to Dattatreya; The Gods Defeat the Daityas through Dattatreya’s Vision and the Movement of Lakshmi
देवा ऊचुः
अनघेयं द्विजश्रेष्ठ जगन्माता न दूष्यते ।
यथांशुमाला सूर्यस्य द्विज-चाण्डालसङ्गिनी ॥
devā ūcuḥ
anagheyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha jagan-mātā na dūṣyate |
yathāṃśu-mālā sūryasya dvija-cāṇḍāla-saṅginī ||
देवा ऊचुः—हे निष्पाप द्विजश्रेष्ठ, जगन्माता न दूष्यते; यथा सूर्यरश्मिमाला ब्राह्मणचाण्डालयोः समसङ्गेऽपि न दूष्यते।
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FAQs
Purity is intrinsic to the luminous principle; it is not corrupted by what it illumines. The verse challenges rigid externalism by asserting that the truly pure can engage without being stained.
Didactic analogy inside Ākhyāna; not a pancalakṣaṇa core (though it supports dharma/jñāna instruction typical of Purāṇas).
The sun-ray imagery points to consciousness: it pervades all conditions yet remains unchanged. ‘Jaganmātā’ can be read as prakṛti/śakti—the cosmic matrix that manifests all without being inherently tainted.