Shloka 24
Adhyaya 62 — The Fire-God Enters the Brahmin Youth; Varuthini’s Love-Sickness and Kali’s Disguise
त्वया त्यक्ता न सन्देहः परित्यक्ष्यामि जीवितम् ।
तत्राधर्मः कष्टतरोः क्रियालोपो भविष्यति ॥
tvayā tyaktā na sandehaḥ parityakṣyāmi jīvitam | tatrā dharmaḥ kaṣṭataraḥ kriyā-lopo bhaviṣyati ||
यदि त्वया परित्यक्ता स्यां न संशयः प्राणान् त्यक्ष्यामि; ततः तत्र तीव्रतरमधर्मं प्रवर्तिष्यते, कर्माणि च लुप्यन्ते।
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FAQs
The verse illustrates how adharma can masquerade as dharma: threatening self-destruction and invoking ‘ritual collapse’ to compel another is coercion, not righteousness.
Ākhyāna with dharma-śikṣā (ethical instruction) by negative example; it comments on ‘kriyā’ (ritual action) without being a formal ritual manual section.
‘Kriyā-lopa’ symbolizes inner ritual failure—when psychological instability disrupts one’s capacity for ordered living. The text hints that personal imbalance radiates outward into societal disorder.