Shloka 10
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
स्वार्थाय स्निग्धहृदया यथैवैते ममोपरि ।
प्रवृत्ते स्वार्थमास्थाय तथैव प्रतिभासि मे ॥
svārthāya snigdhahṛdayā yathaivaite mamopari / pravṛtte svārtham āsthāya tathaiva pratibhāsi me //
यथा एते द्वौ मृदुहृदयाविव दृश्येते, तथापि स्वार्थनिबद्धौ मयि प्रवर्तेते; एवं त्वमपि मम दृष्टौ स्वार्थपर एव प्रतिभासि।
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FAQs
The verse challenges sentimentalism: even ‘tender-hearted’ behavior can be driven by self-interest. Dharma requires examining intention (bhāva) alongside action.
Dharma-upadeśa via narrative (ākhyāna), contributing to the Purāṇa’s instructional function rather than its cosmological registers.
‘Tender heart’ paired with ‘self-interest’ signals the mixed guṇas in worldly love: sattva-like softness can be harnessed by rāga (attachment) to bind and appropriate.