Shloka 80
The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird
and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit
त्वया दृष्टो मया दृष्टो ह्यं चेति कलिः कृतः॥ तत एकेन बालने भ्रामयित्वाऽक्षयेऽम्भसि॥
tvayā dṛṣṭo mayā dṛṣṭo hy aṃ ceti kaliḥ kṛtaḥ | tata ekena bālena bhrāmayitvā 'kṣaye 'mbhasi ||
त्वया दृष्टो मया दृष्टो ह्यं चेति कलिः कृतः। तत एकेन बालने भ्रामयित्वाऽक्षयेऽम्भसि॥
Khañjarīṭa
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false,"aspect_highlighted":"None","boar_form_detail":"None","earth_interaction":"None"}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"observer","bhu_devi_state":"None","key_question":"None"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"specific_site":"None","parikrama_context":"None","krishna_connection":"None"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":true,"topic":"None","instruction_summary":"Possessiveness (‘mine/yours’) and rivalry quickly escalate into violence against the powerless; restrain anger and attachment.","karmic_consequence":"Unchecked krodha and ahaṃkāra lead to harmful acts and consequent pāpa; restraint yields social harmony and merit."}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false,"vrata_name":"None","tithi_month":"None","promised_fruit":"None"}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false,"symbolic_interpretation":"None","yajna_varaha_imagery":"None","vedantic_connection":"None"}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"ethics / klesha-analysis","core_concept":"‘Mama’ (mine-ness) is a seed of conflict; when joined with anger it produces violence and suffering for innocents.","practical_application":"Practice non-possessiveness and anger-management; pause before acting from rivalry; protect the vulnerable from group aggression."}
Subject Matter: ["Ethics","Violence and Social Behavior","Narrative Literature"]
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: karuṇa
Type: None
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 138.88 (explicit hurling into Gaṅgā at Āditya-tīrtha)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Two or more boys arguing over the bird—‘I saw it first!’—then one boy swings the bird around, preparing to throw it into deep waters.","item_prompts":["boys with angry faces","pointing gestures","bird held by a hand/cord-like grip","circular motion implied","dark or vast water nearby"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: dynamic spiral composition showing the whirling motion, heightened expressions of anger.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore style: dramatic central figure with raised arm, gold accents on water ripples, narrative clarity.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style: controlled dynamism, detailed textiles, expressive but refined anger.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari style: lively storytelling with clear gestures, river edge landscape, tension before the throw."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"tense, urgent","suggested_raga":"Shankarabharanam","pace":"medium-fast","voice_tone":"sharper, rising intensity on the quarrel phrase"}
FAQs
It illustrates how Purāṇic texts narrativize conflict (kali) arising from possessiveness, using vivid episodes to foreground ethical consequences.
No explicit place-name is given; the reference is to water described as ‘akṣaya’ (inexhaustible), clarified further in the next verse by naming a tīrtha.
It warns that possessiveness and rivalry can quickly escalate into violence toward the vulnerable.