Shloka 20
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
क्षान्त्याऽस्पदं वै ब्राह्मण्यं क्रोधसंयमनं तपः ।
एतच्छ्रुत्वा ददौ शापं तयोऽप्यमितद्युतिः ॥
kṣāntyāspadaṃ vai brāhmaṇyaṃ krodhasaṃyamanaṃ tapaḥ | etac chrutvā dadau śāpaṃ tayor apy amitadyutiḥ ||
क्षमा हि ब्राह्मण्यस्य मूलम्; क्रोधनिग्रह एव तपः। इति श्रुत्वापि स महातेजाः तयोर्द्वयोः शापं व्याजहार।
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FAQs
The verse defines authentic tapas as emotional governance. It also critiques the irony of a spiritually radiant person acting contrary to the very principle praised—illustrating how power without composure becomes destructive.
It functions as dharma-upadeśa embedded in narrative (ākhyāna), not as a cosmological/genealogical lakṣaṇa. The Purāṇic method here is moral instruction through consequence.
Śāpa represents thought/speech crystallizing into fate. When krodha overrides kṣānti, the same inner energy that could liberate becomes binding and afflictive.