Shloka 32
Adhyaya 9 — Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra’s Mutual Curse: The Āḍi–Baka Battle and Brahmā’s Pacification
एतदाडिबकं युद्धं हरिश्चन्द्रकथां तथा ।
कथयिष्यन्ति ये मर्त्याः सम्यक् श्रोष्यन्ति चैव ये ॥
etadāḍibakaṃ yuddhaṃ hariścandrakathāṃ tathā / kathayiṣyanti ye martyāḥ samyak śroṣyanti caiva ye
இந்த ஆடிபகப் போரையும், ஹரிச்சந்திரன் கதையையும் யார் கூறுவார்களோ—மேலும் யார் அதை முறையாகக் கேட்பார்களோ—
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FAQs
Purāṇic narration is presented as a moral technology: hearing and telling dharmic exempla trains discernment and weakens destructive impulses like anger and rivalry.
Not a pancalakṣaṇa category itself; it is a phalaśruti appended to Carita, functioning as a textual incentive and ritual framing for transmission.
‘Proper hearing’ (samyak-śravaṇa) implies inner receptivity; the story becomes efficacious when received with attention and ethical intent, not as mere entertainment.