Shloka 34
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
अलक्ष्मीपुत्रका ह्येते मृत्योरा देशकारिणः ।
विनाशकालेषु नरान् भजन्त्येते शृणुष्व तान् ॥
alakṣmīputrakā hy ete mṛtyor ādeśakāriṇaḥ | vināśakāleṣu narān bhajanty ete śṛṇuṣva tān ||
एते हि अलक्ष्म्याः पुत्रा मृत्योः शासनकारिणः। प्रलयकाले नरान् उपसर्पन्ति—तान् मे निगदतः शृणु।
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FAQs
Misfortune is not random in the Purāṇic moral universe: it ‘arrives’ when conditions ripen for decline—through habits, choices, and the weakening of dharma—personified here as agents executing Mṛtyu’s mandate.
Sarga/Pratisarga didactic enumeration: listing destructive principles and their operational mode (how they seize humans).
‘Vināśakāla’ can indicate both literal calamity and inner collapse; the ‘sons’ are patterns (vāsanās) that activate when vigilance and sattva diminish.