Shloka 18
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
तमप्यन्यगृहे नीत्वा गृहीत्वा तस्य चात्मजम् ।
तृतीयं भक्षयामास सा क्रमाज्जातहारिणी ॥
tamapyanyagṛhe nītvā gṛhītvā tasya cātmajam / tṛtīyaṃ bhakṣayāmāsa sā kramājjātahāriṇī
तं पुनरन्यगृहं नीत्वा तद्गृहस्थस्यापि शिशुम् आदाय, जातहारिणी क्रमशः तृतीयं शिशुम् अत्त।
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FAQs
Evil can propagate through a community via a repeating pattern: one household’s lapse becomes another’s tragedy. The verse underlines collective responsibility to guard and to respond to threats, not merely private grief.
Ākhyāna; moral narrative illustrating adharma’s repetitive nature (abhyāsa) and the need for protective dharma.
‘Devouring the third’ can be read as tamas consuming the third state/level of awareness when vigilance lapses—an allegory of how destructive habits escalate if not checked early.