Shloka 6
The Episode of Śivaśarmā: Testing Somaśarmā through Service and Truth
मायां कृत्वा महाप्राज्ञो भार्यया सह तं सुतम् । कुष्ठरोगातुरो भूत्वा तस्य भार्या च तादृशी
māyāṃ kṛtvā mahāprājño bhāryayā saha taṃ sutam | kuṣṭharogāturo bhūtvā tasya bhāryā ca tādṛśī
ด้วยการอาศัยมายา มหาปราชญ์ผู้นั้นพร้อมด้วยภรรยาได้ก่อกำเนิดบุตรนั้น; ครั้นแล้วตนเองก็ป่วยด้วยโรคเรื้อน และภรรยาก็เป็นเช่นเดียวกัน
Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed to attribute to Pulastya–Bhīṣma or another dialogue frame).
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
Sandhi Resolution Notes: कुष्ठरोगातुरः = कुष्ठरोग + आतुरः (समास/पदसंयोग); अन्यत्र सन्धि-भङ्गः न आवश्यकः।
FAQs
It describes the use of māyā (illusion or contrivance) leading into a narrative turn where a man becomes afflicted with leprosy, and his wife likewise becomes similarly afflicted—often a setup for a moral or karmic consequence in the surrounding story.
On its own it is primarily narrative, but it commonly functions as a causal link in Purāṇic storytelling—suggesting that deceptive acts (māyā) and ensuing suffering are connected within a broader ethical/karmic framework presented in adjacent verses.
The speaker cannot be confirmed from this single verse alone. In the Padma Purāṇa, many sections are framed as dialogues (often Pulastya–Bhīṣma in several khaṇḍas), but the exact attribution requires the surrounding verses or the edition’s chapter header.