Shloka 72
Adhyaya 16 — The Son’s Counsel on Renunciation and the Anasuya–Mandavya Episode: The Suspension of Sunrise and the Power of Pativrata
अह्नश्चैव समुच्छेदादुच्छेदः सर्वकर्मणाम् ।
तदुच्छेदादनावृष्ट्या जगदुच्छेदमेष्यति ॥
ahnaś caiva samucchedād ucchedaḥ sarva-karmaṇām | tad-ucchedād anāvṛṣṭyā jagad-ucchedam eṣyati ||
నిజముగా, పగలు ఛేదింపబడినచో సమస్త కర్మములు ఛేదింపబడును; ఆ నిలుపుదలవలన వర్షాభావం కలిగి, లోకము వినాశమార్గమునకు సాగును.
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FAQs
The text asserts a chain: disruption of temporal order → collapse of prescribed actions → ecological failure (no rain) → societal/world ruin, emphasizing the perceived dharmic basis of prosperity.
Closest to ‘world-maintenance’ logic rather than the five marks; it functions as a dharma-based explanation for cosmic continuity.
Rain can symbolize grace/flow; when disciplined action ceases, inner ‘rain’ (renewal, fertility of mind) stops, leading to experiential ‘world-collapse’ (loss of meaning/order).