Shloka 26
Brahmin Conduct, Purificatory Baths, and the Garuḍa–Nectar Episode
Illustrative Narrative
ततो यौवनसंपत्तेर्मोहाच्च पूर्वकर्मणः । चांडालीमगमत्सद्यस्तस्याः प्रियतरोऽभवत्
tato yauvanasaṃpattermohācca pūrvakarmaṇaḥ | cāṃḍālīmagamatsadyastasyāḥ priyataro'bhavat
அப்போது இளமை வலிமையின் மயக்கத்தாலும், முன்னைய கர்மத்தின் வலியாலும் அவன் உடனே ஒரு சாண்டாளி பெண்ணிடம் சென்றான்; அவளுக்கு அவன் மிகுந்த பிரியமானவனானான்.
Narrator (context not provided in the input; speaker cannot be confidently identified)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
Sandhi Resolution Notes: yauvanasaṃpattermohācca → yauvanasaṃpatteḥ mohāt ca; cāṃḍālīmagamat → cāṃḍālīm agamat; agamat sadyas → agamat sadyaḥ; priyataro'bhavat → priyataraḥ abhavat.
FAQs
It links moral lapse to two forces: youthful intoxication (yauvana-moha) and the momentum of prior karma, showing how unexamined desire can quickly lead to harmful choices.
The verse uses a social marker common to Purāṇic narration to depict transgression or social boundary-crossing in the story’s moral arc; it is descriptive within the narrative and not, by itself, a philosophical argument for discrimination.
Guarding the senses during youth and cultivating discernment are emphasized, since delusion plus karmic tendencies can produce sudden, consequential actions and attachments.