Shloka 110
Marks of the Debt-Bound/Enemy Son, Filial Dharma, Detachment, and the Durvāsā–Dharma Episode
तच्छ्रेयो नैव पश्यामि अन्याय्यं हि कृतं तव । येन कायेन क्रियते भुज्यते नैव तत्सुखम्
tacchreyo naiva paśyāmi anyāyyaṃ hi kṛtaṃ tava | yena kāyena kriyate bhujyate naiva tatsukham
ข้าพเจ้าไม่เห็นความดีในสิ่งนั้นเลย; สิ่งที่ท่านทำย่อมเป็นความอยุติธรรมแท้ สุขจากการกระทำที่กายทำลงไป หากเป็นอธรรม ผู้กระทำย่อมมิได้เสวยสุขนั้นโดยแท้
Unspecified (context needed to identify the dialogue pair reliably)
Concept: Adharma yields no real sukha; pleasure tied to unjust action is hollow and self-defeating.
Application: Before acting, test the motive: if it violates fairness or harms others, expect inner disquiet and eventual loss; choose actions you can ‘own’ without shame.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A stern yet compassionate sage raises a palm in admonition as a conflicted householder stands with lowered gaze, clutching a purse of ill-gotten coins. Behind them, a faint shadowy aura clings to the coins while a lotus-like glow surrounds the path of restraint, suggesting that unrighteous pleasure cannot be truly ‘tasted’.","primary_figures":["a Vaishnava sage (rishi)","a remorseful householder","Vishnu’s symbolic presence as a distant radiant lotus-disc (chakra) in the sky"],"setting":"Village threshold near a small shrine with a Tulasi planter and a dharmaśāstra manuscript on a wooden stand","lighting_mood":"temple lamp-lit","color_palette":["smoky indigo","lamp-flame amber","tulasi green","sandalwood beige","golden ochre"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a Vaishnava rishi admonishing a householder holding unjust wealth, Tulasi brindavana at the shrine entrance, Vishnu’s chakra as a radiant emblem above; heavy gold leaf haloing the sage and chakra, rich crimson and emerald garments, gem-studded ornaments, ornate temple arch framing the moral scene.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: intimate courtyard scene with delicate linework—sage teaching, householder ashamed, Tulasi planter and a small Vishnu shrine; cool dusk tones, lyrical trees, refined faces, subtle moral symbolism with a faint dark haze around the coins and a soft lotus glow on the righteous path.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold black outlines and natural pigments—rishi with expressive eyes and hand gesture of instruction, householder in contrition, Tulasi and lamp prominent; Vishnu’s chakra motif in the upper register; red-yellow-green palette with temple-wall compositional symmetry.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central moral tableau before a shrine—Tulasi motifs and lotus borders, peacocks near the lamp, a small Vishnu emblem above; intricate floral frame, deep blue background with gold highlights, emphasizing purity versus tainted pleasure."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Bhairavi","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["soft temple bells","low drone (tanpura)","distant conch shell","evening silence"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: तत् + श्रेयः → तच्छ्रेयः; न + एव → नैव; तत् + सुखम् → तत्सुखम्.
FAQs
It condemns unjust action and asserts that true well-being (śreyas) does not arise from adharma; even if an act seems to promise pleasure, its enjoyment is not wholesome or truly fulfilling when the deed is unrighteous.
The verse implies that actions bind the doer and shape the quality of experienced results; pleasure obtained through injustice is tainted and does not yield genuine contentment, aligning with the karmic idea that the moral quality of an act conditions its fruit.
No. It is a general moral statement; identifying any linked narrative setting (speaker, recipient, or locale) requires the surrounding verses.