Shloka 44
The Account of Mohinī
Mohinī-upākhyāna
यत्पुण्यशीलस्य नृपस्य भूपशिरोमणेराचरितं प्रतीपम् । तत्पापवेगेन बभूव विद्रुता भस्मावशेषा तव शापदग्धा ॥ ४४ ॥
yatpuṇyaśīlasya nṛpasya bhūpaśiromaṇerācaritaṃ pratīpam | tatpāpavegena babhūva vidrutā bhasmāvaśeṣā tava śāpadagdhā || 44 ||
การกระทำอันเป็นปฏิปักษ์ต่อพระราชาผู้ทรงศีลบุญ ผู้เป็นมงกุฎแห่งกษัตริย์ทั้งหลาย นั้นเองด้วยแรงแห่งบาปของตนได้นำความพินาศมาให้ ถูกเผาด้วยคำสาปของท่าน จึงเหลือเพียงเถ้าถ่าน.
Narada (contextual narrator within the Narada Purana dialogue tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It teaches that adharma directed toward a virtuous person rebounds through its own pāpa-vega (momentum of sin), bringing inevitable downfall; even a curse becomes the instrument through which karma ripens.
By implication, it upholds reverence for the righteous and protection of dharma—core supports for bhakti—since hostility toward the dharmic destroys one’s inner purity needed for devotion.
Primarily Dharma-śāstra ethics rather than a specific Vedāṅga: the practical takeaway is disciplined speech and action (avoiding pratīpa-karman), because moral causality governs outcomes like a law.