Shloka 13
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
तथापि स्तृह्यसे सास्त्रां परिष्वजसि चाप्यति ।
तातेतिवत्स ! भद्रेति निर्व्यलीकं ब्रवीषि माम् ॥
tathāpi strihyase sāstrā pariṣvajasi cāpyati / tāteti vatsa ! bhadreti nirvyalīkaṃ bravīṣi mām
तथाप्युत्कण्ठसे मह्यं श्लिष्यसे चानघेति माम्। तातेति वत्सेति च मां व्याजहर्ष्यकपट्यसि॥
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FAQs
Terms of kinship and tenderness can be deployed to manufacture trust. The dharmic lesson is to pair compassion with discernment (viveka), especially where the vulnerable (newborns) are concerned.
Ākhyāna supporting Dharma: a moralized narrative illustrating how adharma can masquerade as intimacy and propriety.
The verse points to nāma-rūpa (name and form) as a veil: affectionate labels (“tāta”, “vatsa”) can obscure true intent. Spiritually, it cautions against confusing verbal sweetness with sattva.