Shloka 25
Brahmā’s Discourse to Mohinī
Harivāsara, Desire, and the Satya-Test of Rukmāṅgada
पुनरेवाधिकं क्षिप्तं मांसं जघनवत्मनि । मूत्रद्वारमिदं गुह्यं यत्र मुग्धं जगत्त्रयम् ॥ २५ ॥
punarevādhikaṃ kṣiptaṃ māṃsaṃ jaghanavatmani | mūtradvāramidaṃ guhyaṃ yatra mugdhaṃ jagattrayam || 25 ||
पुनरेवाधिकं क्षिप्तं मांसं जघनवत्मनि; एतद् गुह्यं मूत्रद्वारं यत्र जगत्त्रयं मुग्धं भवति।
Sanatkumara (in discourse to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It uses deliberately stark body-description to generate vairāgya (dispassion), showing how attachment to the sexual/urinary organ becomes a major cause of delusion and continued bondage.
By exposing the body’s frailty and the mind’s infatuation with sense-objects, the verse redirects attention from kāma to remembrance of the Divine—supporting bhakti through detachment and inner purity.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is ethical-spiritual discipline—cultivating viveka and controlling the senses as a prerequisite for higher worship and study.